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LOT 1165
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Figure
1500-900 B.C. OR LATER
7 1/4 in. (158 grams, 18.5 cm).
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 single spur to the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in Paris, France, in 1988.
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
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.
Literature
Cf. Zahlhaas, G., Prähistorische Staatssammlung, Idole und Votive, München, 1993, p.32, fig.16, for type.
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