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LOT 1270
Syro-Hittite Bronze Male Idol
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (23 grams, 72 mm).
Flat-section casting with pinched nose and impressed-point etes, right arm extended, left hand supporting an axe, prominent phallus. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously the property of an Islington, London, UK, dealer.
From a London, UK, private collector since circa 1990.
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