Lot 47
GROUP OF SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA FIGURES
CIRCA 2000 B.C.
Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
Description
comprising two goddesses with small heads with pointed noses and long necks wearing neck ornaments, one with arms folded to both sides of the chest, the other with arms protruding at a right angle, with small vertical holes at the lower end of them, 12.3cm high, on a custom wooden stand; a stilised chariot rider, with a large ornament around his neck, big pronounced lips and punched eyes, on a chariot with turning wheels, 8cm long, 8.5cm high; two statues of horseback riders, with detailed bearded faces, one of the horses painted with stripes, 13cm and 11cm high, a single horse with saddle, old collection number underneath, 9.7cm high; a smaller horseback rider, the horse and his back incised with stripes, 8.6cm high; a group of small figurines with two mothers holding babies, a bull, two standing figures and a bearded man, the largest 10.3cm high, all together on a custom wooden stand
Dimensions
the largest 16.8cm high
Provenance
Provenance:
The Paul Strickland collection of Luristan Art
With invoices from Wilton House Gallery dated 1987 and 1988