Lot no. 92
TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF A STEATOPYGE WOMAN
Amlash art, early 1st millennium BC
Steatopygian female idol shown standing, naked, her lower body hypertrophied, her arms raised above her chest, with a long neck surmounted by a schematic head with a prominent nose, spread ears, pierced and topped with a conical cap. Minor damage.
Height Height : 10.7 cm
Origin :
M. Montaz, London, 1968
Collection of photographer Bob Willoughby (1927-2009)
Christie's, London, 26 April 2012: no. 176 (ill.)
Galerie Kevorkian, Paris
Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2018
An Amlash terracotta steatopygous female figure, early 1st Millennium B.C.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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