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A Western Asiatic mottled stone spectacle idol

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A Western Asiatic mottled stone spectacle idol

Item Details

Description

A Western Asiatic mottled stone spectacle idol
Circa 4th Millennium B.C.
With trapezoidal body, 'eyes' drilled through and carved flat at the back, 6.5cm high
Footnotes:
Provenance:
With Momjian (Abu Salah), Jerusalam.
New York private collection, acquired from the above in 1980.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 2012, lot 86.
American private collection, acquired from the above sale.
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