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LOT 1324

Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 480 - 720
USD ($) 520 - 780

Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 239; USD 259) (‡+bp*)
WESTERN ASIATIC TERRACOTTA STANDING IDOL
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (33 grams, 10.1 cm high).

Free-standing; formed with a pinched face, hair held in a bun at the back of the head, arms folded across the waist, wearing a neck collar and possibly a headdress; splayed foot.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the 1970s.
Ex European private collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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