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Property from a Private Family collection, New Jersey
A SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA FIGURE
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
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A SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA FIGURE
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
Standing on flaring feet, her left arm bent, the hand on her chest, her face with circular eyes and a prominent nose; together with a Greek pottery figural askos in the form of a bird, circa 3rd century B.C.; a late Roman glass jar, circa 4th century A.D.; and a Roman pottery oil lamp, circa 2nd century A.D., red-slipped, the discus molded with a cornucopia, a workshop stamp on the underside
6¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
Standing on flaring feet, her left arm bent, the hand on her chest, her face with circular eyes and a prominent nose; together with a Greek pottery figural askos in the form of a bird, circa 3rd century B.C.; a late Roman glass jar, circa 4th century A.D.; and a Roman pottery oil lamp, circa 2nd century A.D., red-slipped, the discus molded with a cornucopia, a workshop stamp on the underside
6¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Syro-Hittite figure, glass bottle and oil lamp: Acquired in New York, 1989-1996.
Bird Askos: Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel E. Hess; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1994, lot 332 (part).
Bird Askos: Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel E. Hess; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1994, lot 332 (part).
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