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Bronze Age Idol, Garla Mare Culture, ca. 1500 BC

Terracotta idol with stylized angular head showing notched sides, a chaplet-like hairdo and an impressed cross on top of the head.

The discoid body with a plain and hatched crossing band motive and spirals in the field. The border with a band of hatching.

At rear double semicircles meeting at an impressed point at center. Side sway lines and a single spiral on top.

Fragmentary, lower part lost. Pristine quality and condition.

H. 9.5 cm (3.75 in)
W. 7.7 cm (3 in)

Swiss private collection

1650 USD