LATE BRONZE AGE (1450-1200 B.C.)

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A CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA FERTILITY FIGURINE
LATE BRONZE AGE (1450-1200 B.C.)
The stylized figure with pointed nose and circular staring eyes, wearing flattened headdress pressing down the projecting ears, holding both hands under her breasts, with detailed pubic area, feet pointing downwards, repaired across buttocks, mounted
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Cf. V. Karageorghis, Ancient Cypriote Art in the Severis Collection, Athens, 1999, pp. 162-164, nos. 122-123 for close parallels, the figures each with their hands to their breasts in a gesture symbolising fertility.

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