Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 27
A Syro-Hittitie terracotta figure of Astarte standing with an elaborate coiffure
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £280
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Description
A Syro-Hittitie terracotta figure of Astarte
standing with an elaborate coiffure, disc eyes and pointed nose, wearing a triple necklace and with hands under her flat breasts, tapering to a domed base,
16cm high, on a perspex stand. (2)
Provenance
By repute from the site of a dam building on the Syrian/Turkish border on the Euphrates.
George and Florangel Lambor collection.