Rare Western Asiatic Three-Headed Kultepe Disc-Shaped Idol

3RD MILLENIUM B.C.

7 1/4 in. (573 grams, 18.3 cm).

With a flat ellipsoid body, three parallel elongated necks with triangular-shaped heads, each face with circular eyes and eyebrows; the body decorated with dotted circles and bands of herringbone lines; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Property of an European gentleman, acquired from the estate of a London collector.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13551-263657.

Literature

See Öztürk, G., Representations of Religious Practice at Kültepe: Alabaster Idols of Early Bronze Age, in Kulakoğlu, F., Michel, C. (eds.), Proceedings of the 1st Kültepe International Meeting, Turnhout: Brepols, 2013, pp.155-170.

CONDITION

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LOT 0265