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LOT 0887

Elamite Silver Female Idol Pendant

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 in. (48 grams, 12.7 cm).

Composed of bifurcated body with each arm tapering to a coiled terminal, splayed head with suspension loop, decorative diagonal grooves around the perimeter and to the centre.

Provenance

London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.

Literature

Cf. Bilgi, O., Anthropomorphic Representations in Anatolia Before The Classical Age. Volume 1, Istanbul, 2014, figs.398, 778, 781 and 782, for similar; cf. Maxwell-Hyslop, K.R., Western Asiatic Jewellery c.3000-612 BC, London, 1971, fig.36, for a similar type.

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LOT 0887

Elamite Silver Female Idol Pendant

Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)

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