Lot 134
  • 134

Four Syro-Hittite Terracotta Figures of Goddesses, 2000-1500 B.C.

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Four Syro-Hittite Terracotta Figures of Goddesses
  • Heights 5 1/4 , 4 7/8 , 8 3/8 , and 6 3/4 in. 13.4, 12.4, 21.3, and 17.2 cm.
comprising a figure standing with her hands held to her waist, and wearing a notched girdle, applied collar, and pierced tripartite coiffure, a figure wearing a stippled girdle, applied necklace, and pierced coiffure, the large circular eyes applied, a figure of slender form wearing a long robe and applied notched collars, her applied hair falling over the ears and in long tresses behind, and a figure wearing a long robe and holding her large hands to her chest, incised circle ornament above, and wearing an applied necklace and circular diadem.

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, December 12th-13th, 1991, nos. 366, 367 (367: Arthur and Marjorie Silver Collection, Los Angeles), 369, and 370, illus.