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LOT 1171
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure
1500-900 B.C.
5 1/2 in. (78 grams, 14 cm).
Standing female deity (Astarte?), wearing a long robe and a broad textured necklace; arms bent and hands placed on the chest; beaked facial features with applied eyes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 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.
Cf. Zahlhaas, G., Prähistorische Staatssammlung, Idole und Votive, München, 1993, p.32, fig.16, for type.
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