2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a female worshipper standing, wearing a bell-shaped robe and ribbed girdle, leggings and shoes, bare-chested with arms raised and hands placed over the ears, bangles to the wrists, incised annulets for the breasts, exaggerated head with ribbed headdress and pellet eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. See discussion in Aruz, J., Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003.145 grams total, 12cm including stand (4 3/4"). From a private New York collection; ex Alexander Gallery, New York, USA, since 1993; formerly in a private European collection: this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10379-169019.