BACTRIAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURINE Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC height cm 16; cm 18 with plexiglass stand An extremely rare Bronze Age Idol from the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex also known as the Oxus Civilization. Is the modern archaeological designation for a Bronze Age civilization of Central Asia, dated to ca. 2400-1600 BC, located in present-day northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan, centred on the upper Amu Darya (Oxus River). See the specimen from Gonur Depe published in "Idoli: il potere dell'immagine", Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, 2018, pp. 224-225. PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow.
BACTRIAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURINE Central Asia, Oxus Civilization, 3rd - early 2nd millennium BC height cm 16; cm 18 with plexiglass stand An extremely rare Bronze Age Idol from the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex also known as the Oxus Civilization. Is the modern archaeological designation for a Bronze Age civilization of Central Asia, dated to ca. 2400-1600 BC, located in present-day northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan, centred on the upper Amu Darya (Oxus River). See the specimen from Gonur Depe published in "Idoli: il potere dell'immagine", Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, 2018, pp. 224-225. PROVENANCE European private collection; acquired before 1993 at the Izmailovsky Market in Moscow.
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