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LOT 1353
Old Babylonian Terracotta Astarte Figure
19TH-16TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (59 grams total, 11.5 cm high including stand).
Standing nude with arms folded across the midriff; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceAudrey Davies, Astarte Gallery, London, UK, 1986.
Ex private UK collection.
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.
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