Lot 1059
13 small artefacts from the Near East, 3rd millennium B.C. – mid-1st millennium B.C.
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Description
1) Hand-modelled clay idol of a stylised female deity (Astarte?). Northern Levant. Early 2nd millennium B.C. Legs placed close together and wide hips, the bent arms raised to the breasts. Navel clearly marked, below “hip ornament”. Minimal, inconspicuous chipping above the face, otherwise intact. Height 14.5 cm. 2) Canaanite bronze idol, late 2nd millennium B.C. Striding men (deity Baal?) with arms held close to the body, the left slightly bent, and a conical headdress. The left lower leg broken off. Height 5.9 cm. 3) Bronze foot of a vessel with horse protome. Eastern Near East, late 2nd millennium B.C. Length 7.8 cm. 4–10) Near Eastern iron age bronze pins. Among the simple, double-conical or profiled heads, one example with a stylised ram's head and another with a stylised bird. Partly with pronounced incrustations, on two the head broken off. Length 6.4 cm – 24.7 cm. 11–12) Two Near Eastern bronze arrowheads. 5th–4th century B.C. Length 2.2 cm and 4.7 cm. 13) Angled, profiled bow of a bronze fibula. 7th–6th century B.C. Catch plate and spring present, pin broken off. Length 6.5 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!Provenance: Private collection from southern Germany (acquired from an estate), purchased by the father between the 1970s and 1990s on the art market in southern Germany.
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