Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 58 in T.S. Kawami, Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection.
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PROPERTY FROM THE SAM DUBINER COLLECTION
AN AMLASH TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
AN AMLASH TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Of burnished red fabric, depicted nude, her curving arms with the hands placed on the body right below left, the fingers articulated, with voluptuous hips and buttocks, the pubic triangle indicated, her disk-shaped face with a prominent nose and large eyes of incised concentric circles, surmounted by a tall hatched polos, with large curving ears perforated at the lobes, her hair falling along her back in a single mass, some details incised, concentric circles incised along the front of the legs, the breasts and the back of the shoulders
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Of burnished red fabric, depicted nude, her curving arms with the hands placed on the body right below left, the fingers articulated, with voluptuous hips and buttocks, the pubic triangle indicated, her disk-shaped face with a prominent nose and large eyes of incised concentric circles, surmounted by a tall hatched polos, with large curving ears perforated at the lobes, her hair falling along her back in a single mass, some details incised, concentric circles incised along the front of the legs, the breasts and the back of the shoulders
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
Provenance
with Manoutchehr Soleiman Aaron, Tehran, 1962.
Samuel Dubiner (1914-1993), Tel Aviv, acquired from the above, (Amlash: The Art of the Amlash, from The Collection of Galerie Israel Limited, Tel-Aviv, Israel. National Antiques Show, Madison Square Garden, New York, 22 February-3 March 1966, no. 11); thence by descent.
Samuel Dubiner (1914-1993), Tel Aviv, acquired from the above, (Amlash: The Art of the Amlash, from The Collection of Galerie Israel Limited, Tel-Aviv, Israel. National Antiques Show, Madison Square Garden, New York, 22 February-3 March 1966, no. 11); thence by descent.