African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 31
A Syro-Hittite terracotta head of Astarte
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £480
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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,
a Phoenician terracotta figure of Tanit, 11cm high, a terracotta head of Tanit, 4cm high, two Cypriot figures, one female in red clay with an arched headdress, 6.5cm, on a stand, a terracotta torso fragment, 9.5cm high, a Greek terracotta figure of Dementer, sitting on a throne, wearing a polos headdress and holding a bird in her right hand, 8.5cm high and three pottery fragments. (11)
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.