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LOT 1217
Syro-Hittite Bronze Figure
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (13.7 grams, 73 mm).
Modelled in the round, standing figure with pinched facial features, transverse collar, applied pellet eyes and breasts, arms bent forward, legs closed together; the right hand holds a cup or bowl.
Provenance
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Zahlhaas,G., Prähistorische Staatssammlung, Idole und Votive, München, 1993, p.32, fig.16, for type.
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