Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 56
A Syro-Hittite terracotta head of Astarte with disc coiffure with a knot back
Estimate £100 - £150
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Description
A Syro-Hittite terracotta head of Astarte
with disc coiffure with a knot back, wearing earrings, with slit disc eyes and a beak like nose,
2.5cm high,
and a terracotta head of Tanit, 4cm high. (2)
Provenance
Astarte head - By repute from the site of a dam building on the Syrian/Turkish border on the Euphrates.
George and Florangel Lambor collection.