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Ancient Near East, Anatolia, Turkey / Greece, Neolithic / Chalcolithic period, ca. 5500 to 3000 BCE; Turkey /Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 3000 to 1500 BCE. Greece/ Cyprus, Archaic period, ca. 7th to 6th century BCE. A collection of pottery and stone head fragments from various idol figurines from ancient Near Eastern and Greek cultures. The largest head and the other with a incised conical cap are both representative of a god or goddess. Syro-Hittite deities are often depicted with pointed conical heads / headdresses, beak like noses, and wide eyes that convey attentive, religious devotion. The petite pottery head with impressed slit-like eyes is more form of an older Chalcolithic idol figure from the same region- perhaps votive offerings or idols. The final limestone Greek head is likely from a votive figure used in funerary processions and shrines - the figurines overseeing the rituals carried out around altars and inside tombs. Size of largest: 2.5" L x 2" W (6.4 cm x 5.1 cm); 5.5" H (14 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010

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  • Condition: All heads are fragments from larger statues as shown. Larger loss to chin and side of largest head. Chips and nicks to others as shown and light mineral deposits.

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