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LOT 0276

Syro-Hittite Terracotta Idol

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 3/4 in. (102 grams, 14.5 cm).

Modelled in the round with columnar body and flared base, arms bent and hands placed flat on the chest holding the nipples, herringbone pattern to the collar, hatched headdress, socket to rear of head.

Provenance

Collection T. Arakji, Hamburg, Germany.
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired in 1994; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 0276

Syro-Hittite Terracotta Idol

Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)

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