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THBFine Mesopotamian Alabaster Head - Female Worshipper
Lot 123e
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer or Babylon, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A petite anthropomorphic head of a female worshipper, hand-carved from translucent, yellow-hued alabaster, that peers forward with a haunting guise made from recessed, ovoid orbitals that perhaps held inlays of shell or bone at one time. Additional facial features include a petite nose, incised eyebrows, a smirking mouth above a rounded chin, gently tapered cheeks, and perky ears, all framed within a centrally parted coiffure that drapes down the back and sides of her neck. The eyes of this figure are characteristically wide and consistent with the portrayal of attentive religious devotion that all worshippers in ancient Mesopotamia were required to exhibit. Size: 1.1" W x 1.375" H (2.8 cm x 3.5 cm); 4.3" H (10.9 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private New York, USA collection, acquired 2020; ex-Stair Auction, Hudson, New york, lot 209; ex-Tom Swope Gallery collection, Hudson, New York, USA
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#164995This is a fragment of a larger figure or sculpture. Losses to bottom tip of proper left coiffure bang as shown. One stable fissure running diagonally across the face, with light encrustations within orbitals and incised coiffure striations, and minor softening to some incised details as shown. Great earthen deposits throughout, and nice preservation to overall facial details. Old inventory label on verso of display stand.Condition
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