Western Asiatic Achaemenid Goddess Statuette
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5th-4th century BC. A bronze figure of a standing female, possibly a goddess, wearing a polos crown hollow to the middle; hair in two plaits to the shoulders and long plait down the back; lose robes to feet, left hand resting on stomach, right hand by side of body. 128 grams, 10cm (4"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly in an academic collection of an important Mayfair gentleman before 2000; collection number 159. The figure possibly represents the goddess Anahita, an Indo-Iranian cosmological figure venerated as the divinity of 'the Waters' and hence associated with fertility, healing and wisdom. Her worship was popular until it was suppressed as part of a iconoclastic movement under the Sassanids. This piece bears similarities to two ivory figures that were found in the foundations of the Artemis temple in Ephesus.
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Fine condition.
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Western Asiatic Achaemenid Goddess Statuette
Estimate £600 - £800
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