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LOT 1488

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

WESTERN ASIATIC BLACK STONE IDOL
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (13.7 grams, 40 mm).

Carved in the half-round with stylised facial features and ring-and-dot eyes, wearing a striated headdress and long folded garment, wide neck-collar with ring-and-dot motifs.

PROVENANCE:
Mr F.D. collection, acquired on the European art market, 1975 to present.
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.

CONDITION
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