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LOT 0251
Western Asiatic Terracotta Female Idol
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/4 in. (96 grams, 13.4 cm).
Frontally standing nude female with a rounded body, hands wearing circular bracelets resting on her breasts, oval face with large eyes framed by pronounced lids, hair braided into a tall wreath.
ProvenanceAcquired from Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, 18 April 2000.
Ex P.A.E. Hollander, 1992-2010.
with Jean-David Cahn AG, Auction, 26 September 2015, no.4.
See Bilgi, Ö., Anthropomorphic Representations in Anatolia before the Classical Age, Istanbul, 2014, item 1041.
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LOT 0251
Western Asiatic Terracotta Female Idol
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£667 (EUR 773; USD 900) ‡+BP*
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Old Babylonian Terracotta Plaque with God in Chariot Drawn by Lions
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular in plan with raised and moulded design: facing bearded figure with headdress and weapons gripped in his hands on his chest, joined at his waist to a three-tier band of pellets, and flanked by undulating flames; beneath the band a smaller facing bust above a line of four figures on a dais; mounted on a custom-made stand. 655 grams total, 15.6 cm high including stand
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Stone Amuletic Pendant Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including plano-convex type with incuse figure and hatching, ovoid type with two profile busts, and others. 12.6 grams total, 16-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large Western Asiatic Decorated Terracotta Handled Jar
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Bulbous in profile with deep everted rim; and small loop handle underside with pinched raid 'seam' running the full length from the underside of the handle to the opposed seam, with two similar seams parallel for half this distance and a similar perpendicular seam. 1.22 kg, 24 cm wide
Ex North West London specialist collection of pottery, 1990s.
