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Lot 43

Three Anatolian marble idols
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7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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Three Anatolian marble idols
Early Bronze Age II, circa 2700-2100 B.C.
Comprising a schematic idol with vestigial arms, rectangular body and tapering neck, 7.5cm high; an idol with roughly square-shaped body and long neck, 5.3cm high; and a flat figure-of-eight idol of Troy type, 3.7m high (3)

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Provenance:
Largest: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 February 1967, lot 20.
Middle: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal collection, formed in the 1950s. Acquired from the above 24 February 1967.
Exhibited: 'Primitive Art from 2500BC', Gimpel Fils, 30 November 1966-21 January 1967 (cat. no. 7).
Smallest: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal collection, formed in the 1950s. Acquired from the above 24 February 1967.
Exhibited: 'Primitive Art from 2500BC', Gimpel Fils, 30 November 1966-21 January 1967 (cat. no. 7).
with Gimpel Fils, London.

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