Pair of Rare Neolithic Anatolian Terracotta Idols
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**Originally Listed At $200**
Asia Minor, Anatolia peninsula, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. Two handmade pottery idols, each with a highly abstract anthropomorphic body; each also has a bird-like face and a simplified body standing on four low nubs. Both have depressions for eyes on either side of their beak-like noses, and the larger of the two has incised lines, perhaps meant to represent necklaces, low on its body. Each is finished with pale, mineral-based pigment. Size of largest: 1.45" W x 2.5" H (3.7 cm x 6.4 cm)
Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired over twenty years ago
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#132274
Asia Minor, Anatolia peninsula, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. Two handmade pottery idols, each with a highly abstract anthropomorphic body; each also has a bird-like face and a simplified body standing on four low nubs. Both have depressions for eyes on either side of their beak-like noses, and the larger of the two has incised lines, perhaps meant to represent necklaces, low on its body. Each is finished with pale, mineral-based pigment. Size of largest: 1.45" W x 2.5" H (3.7 cm x 6.4 cm)
Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired over twenty years ago
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#132274
Condition
Both have small scratches and chips commensurate with age. Nice remaining pigment.
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Pair of Rare Neolithic Anatolian Terracotta Idols
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