DEUX IDOLES HITTITES

TWO HITTITE IDOLS
in terracotta. A bull and a bull and its rider
its rider who holds it by the horns, wearing
wearing a conical headdress, with circular eyes
applied.
Hittite art, 1950 - 1750 B.C.
Height: 8.4 cm - 12.2 cm - Width: 11 and 8.5 cm
Depth: 6.4 and 4 cm
(Visible damage)

PROVENANCE
- Collection of the German archaeologist and architect
Udo Schwalm (1905 - 1994), assembled
between 1930 and 1970.
- Christie's London sale April 29, 2010 sale
5487, lot 255.
- Private collection.