A CANAANITE BRONZE DEITY OR WORSHIPPER

A CANAANITE BRONZE DEITY OR WORSHIPPER

LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1550-1200 B.C.

The slender figure standing with feet together, wearing a long belted robe with thick rolled edge, crowned with a tall conical headdress, a thick necklace and bracelets on each wrist, his right hand raised in a gesture of benediction, left hand held in front, with aquiline nose, smiling mouth, large eyes recessed for inlays and arching brows above, with crystalline surface

11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high