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LOT 1222
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Idol Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 - 4 1/4 in. (201 grams total, 10-11 cm).
Each a standing female with hands clasped to the breasts, applied collar, pinched facial details. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a European lady; part of a private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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