Lot Essay
A thermoluminescence analysis report from the Oxford Research Laboratory for Archaeology accompanies this lot
Various Properties
AN AMLASH POTTERY FEMALE IDOL, of stylized form, standing with arms curved under and cupping her breasts in both hands, the fingers incised, her slightly swollen stomach with navel indicated, the stylized domed head with pinched nose, two incised dots for the eyes and incised dots running in two lines around the crown of the head, each of her pierced ears threaded with a bronze hoop earring, circa late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.
Details
AN AMLASH POTTERY FEMALE IDOL, of stylized form, standing with arms curved under and cupping her breasts in both hands, the fingers incised, her slightly swollen stomach with navel indicated, the stylized domed head with pinched nose, two incised dots for the eyes and incised dots running in two lines around the crown of the head, each of her pierced ears threaded with a bronze hoop earring, circa late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high