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Lot 214*

Two Anatolian marble idols
2

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Two Anatolian marble idols
Kusura type, early Bronze Age II, circa 2700-2100 B.C.
Of flattened form with disc-shaped head and spade-like body,2¾in (6.5cm) high; and another of flattened form with oval disc head and spade-shaped body, 2in (5.2cm) high, both mounted (2)

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Provenance:
The Cyrus Collection. Property of Fay Safani, New York.
Inherited from Edward Safani, acquired in the 1970s.

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