Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 30
A Syro-Hittite terracotta figure of Astarte mounted on a horse seated side saddle with a high...
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £160
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Description
A Syro-Hittite terracotta figure of Astarte mounted on a horse
seated side saddle with a high coiffure and long plait behind, wearing a large necklace and with her hands placed on her breasts, with remains of stippled paint,
8.5cm high.
Provenance
By repute from the site of a dam building on the Syrian/Turkish border on the Euphrates.
George and Florangel Lambor collection.