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THBSyro-Hittite Terracotta Astarte Figure, Highly Stylized
Lot 46
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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
Aug 16, 2018
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2018-08-16 10:00:00
2018-08-16 10:00:00
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These lots are going, going, gone... plus a nice selection of lots brand-new to auction! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
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Ancient Near East / Levant / Holy Land, Syria, early Middle Bronze Age I/II ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A wonderful statuette of a highly stylized woman. Such figurines may have been inspired by the earlier types from southern Mesopotamia, Elam and Mari, and later became popular in Cyprus and Palestine. These statuettes always have a flat form and appear to be nude, with the legs pressed close together, separated only by a groove. The feet are slightly flared and can have incised toes. Breasts and navel are usually indicated by applied pellets, sometimes pierced. The position of the arms can vary; the most common types show the arms with elbows bent, the hands supporting the breasts, or as tapering, abbreviated stumps held out horizontally like on this example. Size: 1.55" W x 4.5" H (3.9 cm x 11.4 cm); 4.85" H (12.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Figures like this one have distinctive heads, which can have a rather bird-like appearance. They have small eyes made of pellets that are incised or drilled, and a large pinched nose; the mouth is absent and the chin is usually absent as well or only slightly indicated. The stylized ears are pierced for the attachment of earrings, which can be made of clay or metal. Some of them have high protrusion at the center of the brow which is either pierced, or has an applied pellet which is pierced. In some cases jewelry (a necklace, a cross-band on the upper body or an ornamental girdle or hip belt) is added in metal, or represented in applied clay. The precise identity of the female depicted on these figurines remains much debated. It should be noted that many statuettes of this type were excavated from a favissa in the sacred area of Ishtar at Ebla. Experts are equally unsure of their exact function. They are believed by some to be votive offerings or amulets to a mother-goddess, whereas others call them fertility goddesses, which is questioned by some scholars because in their view the figures lack any exaggerated sexual anatomy.
Provenance: ex-Austrian private collection, by inheritance from the private collection of Dr. Kindler
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#136351Face and waist have been repaired and restored, with some overpainting along the repaired areas. These repairs are expertly done and almost impossible to see. Light earthen deposits on surface.Condition
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