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LOT 1210
Syro-Hittite Bronze Female Idol Figure
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (64 grams, 91 mm).
Modelled as a stylised female with large head with pinched nose, elongated neck and legs, short applied arms.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
18th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped arrowheads with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. 205 grams total, 37-93 mm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. 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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Western Asiatic Ceramic Oil Lamp and Ladle
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
