THE PROPERTY OF A LADY Formerly in the collection of the late Madame Marion Schuster, Lausanne

A large Amlash terracotta female idol

EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A large Amlash terracotta female idol
Early 1st millennium B.C.
Standing, naked, with broad hips, her arms curved round with hands placed between her breasts, the stylized oval face with incised concentric circle eyes, with similarly incised nipples, stomach button, knees and shoulder blades, wearing a high polos headdress with incised cross-hatched decoration, a pair of twisted bronze hoop earrings in her ears which are pierced twice, her hair falling in long incised strands at the back with thick central braid, mounted
18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Art of the Eastern World, Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1996, pp. 18-23, nos. 6 and 8 for similar.

A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report from the Oxford Research Laboratory for Archaeology accompanies this lot (ref. 581x55).

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