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LOT 1312
Early Bronze Age Silver Idol
CIRCA 2400-2100 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (2.75 grams, 44 mm).
Axe-shaped with crescentic body and long neck, symbolising a female body, perforated through the top with embossed perimeter. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private family collection formed since the early 19th century, thence by descent.
Property of a New Zealand legal professional.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12320-223722.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. for similar idols but in stone and clay, Bilgi, Ö., Anthropomorphic Representations in Anatolia before the Classical Age, Istanbul, 2014, figs.743, 792, 793; for metallic idols of very similar (although not completely identical) shape see idem, fig.782, p.273; see also Hoddinott, R.F., The Thracians, London, 1981, p.37, fig.19, especially nos.1-7, in clay.
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