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LOT 0230
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Figurine with Animal
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (56 grams, 12.6 cm high).
An abstract figure modelled standing, carrying a small animal in its arms, possibly a kid, with a pinched head, large circular eyes, conical headpiece, discoid ear ornaments and a neck ornament.
ProvenanceCollection of a deceased London gentleman, 1979-1999, by descent.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no. N122e89 from Oxford Authentication.
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.
The Syro-Hittite states rose to prominence in northern Syria and southern Anatolia (modern Turkey) following the collapse of the Hittite Empire, during which time many such figures were produced and widely distributed for domestic use. Such figures, later pejoratively referred to as 'idols', depicted deities carrying or standing with animals.
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LOT 0230
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Figurine with Animal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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