Lot Essay
For a similar figure cf. O. White Muscarella, Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1974, no. 150.
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CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
AN AMLASH POTTERY STEATOPYGOUS FEMALE IDOL
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
The hollow figure with exaggerated broad legs and thighs, large rounded buttocks protruding behind, small breasts between angular shoulders, her long neck with disc-like face with pointed nose and incised eyes, prominent ears pierced, the whole decorated with incised lines
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
The hollow figure with exaggerated broad legs and thighs, large rounded buttocks protruding behind, small breasts between angular shoulders, her long neck with disc-like face with pointed nose and incised eyes, prominent ears pierced, the whole decorated with incised lines
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Provenance
Dubiner collection; Sam Dubiner, a Canadian, lived in Israel and formed a collection of ancient Persian ceramics between 1954-1958.
A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report from Oxford Authentication Ltd. accompanies this lot.
A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report from Oxford Authentication Ltd. accompanies this lot.
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