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Lot 99R

A Near Eastern terracotta Astarte figure

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,096 inc. premium

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A Near Eastern terracotta Astarte figure

Circa 2000-1500 B.C.
12.6cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Farouk Bey Abassy collection, UK, acquired in Beirut and then brought to the UK in the 1960s; and thence by descent.

The female figure is depicted wearing a necklace and tall headdress, and her ears are pierced, probably for the insertion of separately-made earrings.

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