Tell Halaf Terracotta Fertility Figure

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

5 1/4 in. (143 grams, 13.3 cm).

A figurine depicting a seated female with hands supporting large breasts, small head with pinched nose and painted facial detailing; wearing a tiered necklace indicated by painted dots; with voluptuous legs. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 166, no.1493.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 1390