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LOT 1254

Old Babylonian Terracotta Female Anthropomorphic Jug Handle

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 in. (100 grams, 10.2 cm).

Stylised female; body roughly rectangular in section with a D-shaped 'foot' projecting backwards and a 'headdress' with flat top and concave rear; face formed with two ears, slender, high brow, angular nose, thin closed eyelids, pursed lips and two domed breasts, pubic area and female genitals below expressed using shallow incised lines. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex collection of a deceased London gentleman; 1970-1999.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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LOT 1254

Old Babylonian Terracotta Female Anthropomorphic Jug Handle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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