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LOT 1150
Large Syro-Hittite Terracotta Goddess Idol
1500-500 B.C.
9 in. (260 grams total, 23 cm high including stand).
Standing female deity (Astarte?), wearing a long cloak and two broad necklaces; arms bent and hands placed on the chest; mounted on a custom-made stand; repaired. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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