CanB015
Canaanite copper or bronze joined figurine of four figures.
Early Bronze Age IV (-Middle Bronze Age I): 2200-2000 BC.
H. 5.65 cm (2 ΒΌ in.)
Perfect condition. Very fine dark green patina.
Ex. Private collection, 1980's.
$4,000.
The group figurine is of four figures joined at their legs, spreading out of a mushroom-shape base. They are embracing each other with their extended arms at the shoulders level. The figures are flat modeled in stylized style, standing frontal, with large heads. Their faces are depicted with prominent noses and large circles for eyes.
By the style and the nature of the cast, most probably copper, it seems to be of the earliest examples of this early type.
Cf. For sets of four joined figurines: Negbi, O., Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv, 1976, p. 4 fig. 1, plates 1-2 figs. 1-4.
For the style: Ibid, plate 2 fig. 7.
Negbi, O., Canaanite Gods in Metal. An Archeological Study of Ancient Syro-Palestinian Figurines, Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv, 1976.
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