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LARGE ANATOLIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA HOUSE MODEL WITH GEOMETRI…
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Estimate £1,200 - £2,000
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Description
LARGE ANATOLIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA HOUSE MODEL WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION.
Neolithic-Bronze Age, Ca. 4000 - 3000 BC. A large painted terracotta house model with a cylindrical lower chamber, a flat upper section with short lugs, and a central tall tapering column with a flaring top. One side of the chamber is pierced by a large rectangular opening, and the remaining wall has narrow openings. The surface is decorated in dark pigment with horizontal registers of geometric motifs, including lozenges and triangles with hatched infill, continuing up the column. For similar see: I. Berg, Breaking the Mould: Challenging the Past through Pottery, fig. 7, n. 8. Size: 390mm x 170mm; Weight: 2.94kg Provenance: Private UK collection; previously held in a Dutch private collection formed in the late 1980s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
About the sale
FINE ANCIENT ART AND ANTIQUITIES - THE PRINCE COLLECTION
Auction location
Auction time
06/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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