Elamite Silver Female Idol Pendant. 4th-3rd millennium B.C. A silver idol composed of bifurcated body with each arm tapering to a coiled terminal, splayed head with suspension loop, decorative diagonal grooves around the perimeter and to the centre. Cf. Bilgi, O., Anthropomorphic Representations in Anatolia Before The Classical Age. Volume 1, Istanbul, 2014, figs. 398, 778, 781 and 782, for similar; cf. Maxwell-Hyslop, K.R., Western Asiatic Jewellery c.3000-612 BC, London, 1971, fig.36, for a similar type. 48 grams, 12.7 cm (5 in.) London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]

Fine condition.