Rupert Wace Ancient Art - Near Eastern Stock - 1

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 Rupert Wace Ancient Art
Anatolian-Canaanite bronze figure  Anatolian-Canaanite bronze figure 

Below the waist the body of the flat figure terminates in a long pointed tang. A tall conical headdress decorated with deep diagonal grooves crowns the large head which has a prominent nose and cursory lips, flanked by wide deep-set eyes and large ears pierced to take earrings (one coiled example remains).

Anatolian-Canaanite. c. 1700-1500 BC
Height: 11.2 cm
Cf. Othar Keel, Silvia Schroer, 'Eva - Mutter alles Lebendigen, Frauen un Göttinnenidole aus dem Alten Orient', Freiburg, 2004, p. 93, fig. 47.
Provenance: UK collection 
Rupert Wace Ancient Art
14 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PP - Email: info@rupertwace.co.uk

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