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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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Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Torso Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: terracotta kneeling figure wearing an apron; moulded standing figure wearing a floor-length robe, hands placed flat on the abdomen. 64 grams total, 61-73 mm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Moss Agate Cylinder Seal with Farming Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £150
With frieze depicting two male figures in profile, one wearing a short and one a long skirt, both harvesting a wheat field; a horned quadruple animal between the men; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.22 grams, 17 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Seljuk Period Calligraphic Gemstone
Circa 12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Scaraboid type with incuse Kufic script; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.5 grams, 17 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
