Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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An Anatolian Black Steatite Figure of a Goddess, 6th/5th Millennium B.C.

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Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

An Anatolian Black Steatite Figure of a Goddess

6th/5th Millennium B.C.


of steatopygous form, seated on the ground with one knee raised and her hands resting on her breasts, her head with boldly carved features and circular headdress or coiffure.

Height 5.4 cm.

Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva, acquired in the 1960s

Swiss collection, by descent from the above

acquired by the present owner from the above in 2015

For related examples see D. von Bothmer, ed., Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, exh. cat., 1990, no. 3, and O. W. Muscarella, ed., Ancient Art. The Norbert Schimmel Collection, exh. cat., 1974, fig. 120.

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