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MALE AMULET IDOL Made of black stone (such as jasper or soap…
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MALE AMULET IDOL Made of black stone (such as jasper or soap…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
MALE AMULET IDOL
Made of black stone (such as jasper or soapstone), depicting a crouching male figure with his arms folded at his sides; the finely carved head is turned upwards, and the figure appears to be in a posture of prayer or submission.
Anatolia, Western Asian Chalcolithic period, late 5th to early 4th millennium.
Height: 4.3 cm – Width: 3 cm
(Very good overall condition)
Provenance:
– Reportedly from the former Mariaud de Serre collection.
– Galerie Noujaïm at the Louvre des Antiquaires, acquired there in 2010.
– A.R. Collection
Additional information:
From the end of the Neolithic period, around 6000 BC, female and male figurines began to appear throughout the Near East, particularly at the sites of Çatal Höyük and Haçila in southern Anatolia. Depictions of pregnant women may have served as protective amulets for childbirth.
See original version (French)
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