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LOT 0270
Sumerian Green Stone Eye Idol
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 in. (13.2 grams, 41 mm).
Carved in the round as a rectangular block with a slit to the upper edge, vertical spike with two annulet 'eyes'; pierced for suspension.
Provenance
with M. Petropoulos, Zurich, early 1990s.
with Rhéa gallery.
Private collection, acquired in 1999.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12897-241753.
Literature
See Amiet, P., Art of the Ancient Near East, New York, 1980, figures 215-216.
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LOT 0270
Sumerian Green Stone Eye Idol
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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