CROUCHING FIGURE IN TERRACOTTA Anatolian art, second half of 3rd millennium BC Statuette of a male figure depicted crouching, his legs drawn up to his chest and clasped in his arms, his face perforated at the nostrils and ears, engraved with lozenges at the eyes and a bird's beak nose. On the body, a linear engraved decoration forms two swastikas on the back. The right arm and leg are missing. Height: 7.2 cm Provenance: Galerie Nicolas Koutoulakis, Paris Former Robert Blanchet collection (1921-2009), inventory no. 206, acquired 28 November 1981 G. Blanchet Collection Exhibitions: "Rayonnement de l'art égéen en Méditerranée orientale, de 3000 à 500 av. J.-C", Galerie Koutoulakis, 4 rue de l'échelle, Paris, 5 November to 5 December 1981 An Anatolian terracotta crouching figure, Second half of the 3rd millennium B.C.