Canaanite Bronze Figure

SKU: MS.0087

Origin: Levant
Circa: Bronze Age, 1500 BC to 1200 BC
Dimensions: 5.1" Height (13 cm)
Medium: Bronze

The standing figure with bent arms extended holding two offering vessels, wearing a pleated kilt and conical hat, the face with enlarged features, the right ear with double piercing.

 

Dr H. A. Fawcett (1891-1982) collection, UK (inv. No. RG.3.HF). Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1970s at Sotheby's, London

For a kilted bronze figure of similar pose, cf. O. Negbi, Canaanite Gods in Metal, Tel Aviv, 1976, p.18, pl.14, no. 161. It is suggested that the conical headgear is Anatolian in style.

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