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LOT 0251

Marlik Bronze Maternity Figure

9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.

3 in. (40 grams, 77 mm).

Openwork body with integral horned head, loops to the shoulders and breasts; separate arms mounted in the shoulder-rings, applied pellets and braid detailing.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12698-234680.
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.

Literature

Cf. The Profane and the Divine. Art of Antiquity from Europe to Southeast Asia. Fleurons du Musee Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, 2008, pp.386 and 505.

CONDITION
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LOT 0251

Marlik Bronze Maternity Figure

Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)

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