LOT 1236 Bactrian Pillar Idol
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3rd-2nd millennium BC. A substantial polished alabaster pillar idol of waisted cylindrical form with shallow transverse slot to each flat face. 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. 5.3 kg, 26.5cm (10 1/2"). Ex North London gentleman; formerly in a private collection formed between 1990 and 2000. [No Reserve]
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