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    Sale 9599

    Antiquities including an English Private Collection of

    London, South Kensington

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    13 May 2003

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    • AN ANATOLIAN MARBLE IDOL, KUSU
    Lot 11 | THE PROPERTY OF DR DESMOND MORRIS Read more

    AN ANATOLIAN MARBLE IDOL, KUSURA TYPE

    EARLY BRONZE AGE II, CIRCA 2700-2300 B.C.

    Price realised

    GBP 1,762

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    AN ANATOLIAN MARBLE IDOL, KUSURA TYPE
    EARLY BRONZE AGE II, CIRCA 2700-2300 B.C.
    Of stylized form, the square shouldered body with long neck and disc-shaped head, 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high; another similar, smaller with short neck, repaired, 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high; and a Syrian terracotta figure of an idol, stylized, standing with arms folded and hair falling in long tresses, repaired with restoration, circa 2000 B.C., 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high (3)

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    THE PROPERTY OF DR DESMOND MORRIS

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