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THBAncient Near Eastern Pottery Columnar Idol Bird Face
Lot 59a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
May 19, 2022
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Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing idol of abstract form, hand-built from pottery, with a columnar body and a slightly flared base. The slender figure holds both bent arms and incised hands to the chest, perhaps atop female breasts, and the broad shoulders are centered by a twisted cord necklace. Resting above the gently corseted neck is a highly stylized countenance bearing an enormous triangular nose, a pair of incised concentric circle eyes, and a broad forehead flanked by fragments of the coiffure. Size: 2.875" W x 6.2" H (7.3 cm x 15.7 cm); 8.25" H (21 cm) on included custom stand.
Cf. "Idols: The Beginning of Abstract Form." Ariadne Galleries, Inc., New York, 1989, pp. 89-90, figs. 74-76
Please note: items from Syria are not eligible for international shipping due to the US embargo on Syria.
Provenance: ex-Nancy and Dr. E.F. Simpson collection, Los Angeles, California, acquired from 1970 to 2000
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.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#172244Repaired with restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Restoration to nose. Losses to areas of feet, right shoulder, and coiffure. Abrasions and encrustations, with softening to some finer details. Old inventory number handwritten on verso of base of figure. Old inventory label on verso of display stand.Condition
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