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LOT 1157
Tell Halaf Terracotta Fertility Figure
6TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (119 grams, 94 mm).
With pinched facial features, applied breasts, horizontal bands of pigment; restored from old and new pieces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-1990s.
From the private collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
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.
Cf. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, inventory number VA 12517, 12518, for a very similar example.
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