393, Lot: 854. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Terracotta pillar figurine. Syro-Hittite, circa 2500-1750 BC. Tall female figure with columnar body and bird-like facial features, wearing headress and two necklaces, with stub-like protrusions for arms. Hole in one “arm” would have originally held some divine insignia. Height: 12.1cm. A few miniscule chips, otherwise intact. Mounted on lucite stand.

From the Herbert B. Stearns Collection.