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Syro-Hittite Pottery Female Idol (Astarte)

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Description

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. mid-3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery female idol of minimalist form, perhaps depicting a female deity - likely Astarte, the goddess of war and fertility. The woman stands with hands on her hips, protruding breasts centered between curved elbows, and a plug-shaped head with a beak-form nose. Size: 1.875" W x 3.25" H (4.8 cm x 8.3 cm)

Provenance: private Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired from an antique dealer in Los Angeles, California, USA in 2003

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Condition

Scattered earthen deposits, with minor nicks and abrasions, and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to minimalist figural form.