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Estimate
GBP (£) 4,000 - 6,000
EUR (€) 4,620 - 6,930
USD ($) 5,080 - 7,620
£2,000 (EUR 2,311; USD 2,539) (+bp*)
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (121 grams total, 12.2 cm high including stand).
In erect pose with ankle-length robe, arms bent and hands cupping the breasts; elaborate banded headdress, prominent brow, nose and lentoid eyes; ribbed collar and hatched belt; pierced vertically for attachment; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
M.Y. Saidnian, London and Jerusalem, prior to 1960.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11965-209614.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Aruz, J., Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, item 82, for similar fitting, 107b, for similar pose and prominent collar.
