LOT 0328 Bactrian Idol Pair
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3rd-2nd millennium BC. A pair of similar mottled yellow-grey conglomerate stone pillar idols of tapering form with shallow groove across each circular end. Cf. Pottier, M. H., Matériel funéraire de la Bactriane méridonale de L' Age du Bronze, Mémoire, Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 36, p.16, pl.V, nos.34-5 for two similar 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.9.7 kg total, 28cm each (11"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly with the Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK; acquired before 1972.[2]
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