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LOT 0266
Large Sumerian Alabaster Votive Statue of a Male Worshipper
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 7/8 in. (671 grams, 20.1 cm).
Standing figure of a bald, bearded male on a circular base, with clasped hands over his chest, wearing an ankle-length skirt with a vertically ribbed rim; eyes and eyebrows formed from black and while inlay; minor chips to the base and skirt.
ProvenanceEx Ghassan Saleh, 1975.
Acquired by the current owner by gift from the above.
See Aruz, J., Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, items 24b, 25, 26, 89a-c.
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LOT 0266
Large Sumerian Alabaster Votive Statue of a Male Worshipper
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,250 (EUR 1,450; USD 1,688) +BP*
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