232 ANATOLIAN NEOLITHIC GOLD IDOL of stylized human form made from sheet gold with struck decorative dots. Two holes in the center. Rare. Anatolia, ca. 4500 - 3300 BC. H. 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.); Wt. 4.42 gr. Ex private collection, Vienna. 233 ANATOLIAN MARBLE KUSURA-BEYCESULTAN TYPE IDOL of flattened form with round body, stump arms, short neck, and ovoid head; incised ‘V’ collar. Bronze Age II, ca. 2700-2400 BC. H. 4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) Ex private French collection. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVII, 2006, no. 218. 234 EASTERN ANATOLIAN GREEN STEATITE SEATED FIGURE, presumably a god, his hands upon his knees, carved with stylized human features and a conical head. Late 4th Millennium BC. H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) Ex French collection. Cf. J. L. Zimmermann, Collection de la fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, no. 2. 235 EASTERN ANATOLIAN BROWN STEATITE KNEELING FIGURE, presumably a god, his hands upon his knees, carved with stylized human features and a conical headdress. Late 4th Millennium BC. H. 1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) Ex collection of Jan Beekmans, Germany, assembled between 1960-1970.
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