Sale 9380
New York
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13 June 2000
Price realised
USD 9,400
Estimate
A SYRIAN SERPENTINE CASTING MOLD circa 18th-17th century b.c. Carved with a figure of a goddess, depicted nude but for a necklace and a sun-disk on her head, a bird in either hand, standing upon a winged plinth 23/8 in. (6 cm) high
Provenance
Hans Silvius von Aulock Dr. Elie Borowski
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Literature
von Aulock, no. 356. Ozguc, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayînlarîndan, 5:10, tabula LXVII, 437 a, b.
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