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Price:CHF 3'200
Near Eastern
5th millenium B.C., 7th millenium B.C.
H : 6.6 cm
Idol, Sculpture
Terracotta
Beige, Black, Brown
Complete, even if arms are lost. Superficial wear.
11984
This Near Easter Terracotta Miniature Feminine Statuette is considered as a Tell Halaf Statuette, as she features their style, typology and technique.
The Seal in the Shape of a Lion’s Head, modeled in the shape of a stylized leonine protome, was carved from a cream-colored limestone veined with red.
The figurine is flat and slightly rounded. The shield-shaped outline, typical of these idols known as “schematic”, probably represents the silhouette of a seated human body, but without any volume.
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