Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 1
A Canaanite bronze figure
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £22,562.50 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
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A Canaanite bronze figure
Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 B.C.
The standing figure with bent arms extended holding two offering vessels, wearing a pleated kilt and conical hat, the face with enlarged features, the right ear with double piercing, 13cm high
Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 B.C.
The standing figure with bent arms extended holding two offering vessels, wearing a pleated kilt and conical hat, the face with enlarged features, the right ear with double piercing, 13cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Dr H. A. Fawcett (1891-1982) collection, UK (inv. No. RG.3.HF).
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1970s at Sotheby's, London.
For a kilted bronze figure of similar pose, cf. O. Negbi, Canaanite Gods in Metal, Tel Aviv, 1976, p.18, pl.14, no. 161. It is suggested that the conical headgear is Anatolian in style.