Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure

1500-900 B.C.

7 3/4 in. (367 grams total, 19.6 cm including stand).

Standing female deity (Astarte?), wearing a long robe and a broad textured necklace; arms bent and hands placed on the abdomen; beaked facial features with applied eyes and two curved spurs to the rear; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.

Literature

Cf. Zahlhaas, G., Prähistorische Staatssammlung, Idole und Votive, München, 1993, p.32, fig.16, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0248