Lot 111

AMLASH IDOL
IRAN, CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.





Auction: 26 November 2025 at 14:00 GMT
Description
terracotta, large terracotta figure, highly stylised standing figure depicted nude, with exaggerated broad hips and short tapering legs, arms curved forward towards the small breasts, elongated neck supporting a head with abstracted features, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
55cm tall
Provenance
Mahboubian Gallery of Ancient Art, New York, from at least 1966
Samuel Dubiner (1914-1993), Tel Aviv, acquired from the above prior to 1966, (accompanied by letter dated 20th November 1966 from Galerie Israel Ltd which lists this idol)




