Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Head and Other Fragment Collection

3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 3/8 - 2 5/8 in. (125 grams total, 38-68 mm).

Comprising four heads with applied and impressed details, and a crescentic disc with raised decoration. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Various, Idoles, Au commencement était l’image, À la Reine Margot, 22 novembre 1990-28 février 1991, Paris, 1990, figs. 13,17, for similar idols from Levantine countries.

CONDITION

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LOT 1212