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LOT 0185
Syro-Hittite Silver Fertility Goddess
CIRCA EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 5 in. (32.1 grams total, 1.7-12.7 cm).
Sheet-silver female figure with tall lobed headdress, domed knees, breasts and navel, loincloth, parallel legs and tang beneath the feet; applied wire collar; the face with triangular nose and two pellet eyes; left arm detached in two pieces, with old repair.
ProvenanceUK private collection, formed in the 1980s.
with Bonhams, London, 24 October 2012, no.271 (£8,000-£10,000).
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonham's catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12532-231395.
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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