LOT 1933 Western Asiatic Bactrian Pillar Idol
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Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A carved black limestone columnar idol with waisted body, shallow transverse slot to each flat face. Cf. Pottier, M. H., Matériel funéraire de la Bactriane méridionale de L' Age du Bronze, Mémoire, Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 36, p.16, pl.V, nos.34-5 for two virtually identical lingams called 'masses d'arme', and p.43, pl.XXXV, nos.292-3 for similar yoni; also, Schmidt, E. F., Tepe Hissar Excavations, 1931, The Museum Journal, XXIII, no.4, 1933, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pl.CXXXVI. 3.5 kg, 25cm (10"). Property of a London, UK, gentleman; formerly with Pars Gallery, London, W1, 1990s.
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