Lot 1627

Western Asiatic Syro-Hittite Double-Headed Idol

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Western Asiatic Syro-Hittite Idol: 12th-8th century BC. A ceramic figurine with lozengiform lower body rising to flat-section upper body, depicting a standing female with hands beneath the breasts; pointillé collar to the neck, elabor

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Western Asiatic Syro-Hittite Idol Group: 12th-7th century BC. A mixed group of ceramic figurines comprising: a female with applied hair, collar and anklets; a standing figure with conical base, tapering lower body, pinched facial features, h

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Western Asiatic Syro-Hittite God and Goddess Figure: 12th-7th century BC. A flat-backed ceramic figurine depicting a deity with two heads; the eyes and breasts formed with round recesses, the headdresses and necklaces separately applied, formed with ver

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Western Asiatic Syro-Hittite Goddess Figurine: 12th-7th century BC. A ceramic female figure with elaborate headdress, pinched facial features, applied necklace band, arms extended, impressed points to the face, breasts and navel, chevrons to the h

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Western Asiatic Syro-Hittite Bull and Rider Figurine: 12th-7th century BC. A ceramic figure of a standing bull with rider on its back holding onto the horns; the rider seated forward on the shoulders, with impressed pellet eyes and ribbed cap. 70 grams,

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Western Asiatic Syro-Hittite Fertility Figurine: Early 1st millennium BC. A flat-section figurine with two heads, one with a domed cap and the other with radiating incised lines; the eyes and breasts formed with disc appliquÃ©s, central recess; th

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Western Asiatic Female Idol: 3rd millennium BC. A moulded ceramic figurine of a female in crested headdress with ropework collar, belt and loincloth, supporting her breasts in her hands. 82 grams, 12cm (4 3/4") Property of a Germ

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Western Asiatic Seated Idol: 2nd millennium BC. A large terracotta figurine with crouching legs, incised detail for the clothing, applied discoid face with brow ridge and ovoid eyes, stem above. 790 grams, 21cm (8 1/4") Property

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Syro-Hittite Double-Headed Fertility Idol: 12th-7th century BC. A flat-backed ceramic figurine depicting a deity with two heads; the eyes and breasts formed with round recesses, the headdresses and necklaces separately applied; both hands exte

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Western Asiatic Fertility Idol: 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A stone figurine of a female with schematic facial features with indented eyes and long nose; hands cupped under breasts, wide hips and legs close together; engraved pubic trian

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Western Asiatic Elamite Goddess Idol: 2nd millennium BC. A bronze figurine of a goddess standing with her hands supporting her breasts, rounded cap with incised eye motif to the upper face; pierced between the feet for attachment. 22 gram

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Western Asiatic Syro-Hittite Double-Headed Idol

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12th-8th century BC. A ceramic figurine with columnar body and flared base, applied discs to the breasts, right arm flexed with hand placed flat on the chest, left arm pierced vertically at the sub hand; two facing heads each with an applied collar and disc eyes, one with a flat headdress and the other with a ribbed crown. 133 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Ex Terence Eva collection; formerly with Pars Gallery, London, W1, in the 1990s. Cf. Serhal, C.D. Near eastern Terracotta Models and Figurines, London, 2009, item 18.