A SYRIAN BRONZE GODDESS
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, EARLY TO MID 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Depicted enthroned, with a flat body, clad in an ankle-length robe, elaborately decorated with embroidery and fringes, her upper torso nude, cupping her left breast with her left hand, her right arm held forth, holding a small cup, the large triangular face with a prominent nose, deeply-recessed eyes, rounded everted ears, and a single overhanging brow, the coiffure composed of long coiled tresses
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1988, lot 372.
Private Collection, New York.