Bidspirit auction | Syrio-Phoenician Shipwreck Terracotta Birthing Group

Syrio-Phoenician Shipwreck Terracotta Birthing Group - Iron Age II, 8th-6th century B.C. Hollow-formed figurine comprising a nude female with dressed hair on a stool assisting with the birth of a baby from a taller figure; hollow to the underside; marine accretions. 844 grams, 18 cm wide (7 1/8 in.). From an early 1960s collection.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by an old handwritten identification tag with provenance. [No Reserve]