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LOT 0844

Syro-Hittite Terracotta Statuette of a Deity

CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 3/4 in. (182 grams total, 14.5cm including stand).

Modelled with a tapering rectangular body, head with pinched features facing forwards, hands raised to chest with palms placed flat against the chest, shown wearing a neck ornament and with an elaborate hair style arranged at the back of the head; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex North Yorkshire collection from the 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 0844

Syro-Hittite Terracotta Statuette of a Deity

Sold for (Inc. bp): £299

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