FEMALE STATUETTE STEATOPYGE IN TERRACOTTA
Amlash art, early 1st millennium B.C.
Female steatopyg idol depicted standing, nude, with hypertrophied lower body, arms raised above the chest, long neck surmounted by a schematic head with prominent nose, wide-set, pierced ears and conical bonnet. Minor chips.
Height Height : 10.7 cm
Provenance :
M. Montaz, London, 1968
Collection of photographer Bob Willoughby (1927-2009)
Christie's, London, April 26 2012: n°176 (ill.)
Galerie Kevorkian, Paris
Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2018
An Amlash terracotta steatopygous female figure, early 1st Millennium B.C.
Estim. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR