Lot Essay
Compare the female figure from the Lebanese mountains, no. 98 in Spycet, The Human Form Divine.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN DERSHOWITZ AND CAROLYN COHEN
A CANAANITE BRONZE FEMALE DEITY
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A CANAANITE BRONZE FEMALE DEITY
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Depicted standing with her hands resting on her abdomen, right below left, with long tapering legs, a raised pubic triangle, a slender waist and small breasts, her navel indicated, her large head with a prominent nose and ears, a small mouth and lidded eyes beneath arching brows, wearing a conical headdress, with two long plaits falling in back
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Depicted standing with her hands resting on her abdomen, right below left, with long tapering legs, a raised pubic triangle, a slender waist and small breasts, her navel indicated, her large head with a prominent nose and ears, a small mouth and lidded eyes beneath arching brows, wearing a conical headdress, with two long plaits falling in back
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection of a Lady, Basel, 1999.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2001, lot 358.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2001, lot 358.
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