Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Head and Other Fragment Collection

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/8 - 1 7/8 in. (70.1 grams total, 30-47 mm).

Comprising: a horse head, three idol heads and a fragment with an impressed motif. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Literature

Cf. similar example of harnessed horses in Macalister, R.A., The excavations of Gezer, 1902-1905 and 1907-1909, London, 1912, volume II, fig.211; cf. also figs.207,208,210, for terracotta statuettes in similar style.

CONDITION

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LOT 1310