BACTRIAN STONE FOOT IDOL
Ca. 1st millennium BC. A carved stone foot and lower leg with simplified features. This type of object belongs to a group called anatomical votives - miniature fragments of the human body created from various materials (bronze, pottery, stone) and offered to gods in a plea for healing. Size: L:138mm / W:138mm ; 1.15Kg Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.
Estimate: GBP 150 - 300
Price realized | 170 GBP |
Starting price | 100 GBP |