TimeLine Auctions

Auction 154  –  5 - 9 December 2023

TimeLine Auctions, Auction 154

Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities, Natural History & Coins

Part 1: Tu, 05.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 2: We, 06.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 3: Th, 07.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 4: Fr, 08.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 5: Sa, 09.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
The auction is closed.
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Description

Elamite Silver Female Idol Pendant
3rd-2nd millennium B.C. 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.

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Price realized 500 GBP
Starting price 500 GBP
Estimate 500 GBP
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