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LOT 0237
Parthian Alabaster Head of Ishtar
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (523 grams total, 13 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round with luxuriant flowing hair, large lentoid eyes with inlaid black irises, small slit mouth; some encrustation; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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