Western Asiatic Canaanite Votive Seated Deity

LATE 2ND MILLENNIUM BC

8 1/4" (1.7 kg total, 21cm including stand).

A bronze figure of a deity, seated frontal with joined legs and upright torso, right arm raised in a benediction gesture, left arm bent to hold an object in a fisted hand; wearing a short crown with rounded top with the remains of silver cladding, and a long dress with fringed border and decorated collar; narrow face with light features; peg extending from the rear and below the feet for insertion onto a throne; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

From an English private collection, 1973-2012; previously in the Hormann collection, Germany, 1946-1973; formerly with Elie Bustros, Beirut.

CONDITION

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LOT 0292

Western Asiatic Canaanite Votive Seated Deity

Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,875

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