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THBMesopotamian Black Stone Amulet w/ 12K Gold Bezel
Lot 27a
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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, probably Jemdet Nasr (Iraq), ca. 3100 to 2900 BCE. A fascinating and extremely rare black stone zoomorphic amulet that also serves as a stamp seal, set in a modern 12K gold bezel to form a wearable pendant. The animal may be a bear - bears are rare in Mesopotamian artwork, but not unknown, as with the famous carved stone bears from Tell Brak who may have been based on real animals who lived in the area. This example is carved to fit the shape of the natural stone as a profile view, with the animal's head, curved ear, and limbs in relief. On the opposite side of the carving is an incised seal form, which follows the shape of the bear's body on the other side. Size of stone: 1.75" W (4.4 cm); size of pendant: 2" W (5.1 cm)
Jemdet Nasr, in ancient southern Mesopotamia (modern central Iraq), is a tell site consisting of two mounds. The Jemdet Nasr period, which is the earliest known from the site, only made use of one mound, which had a large mudbrick building built atop it. The site is famous for its early, proto-cuneiform tablets.
See another zoomorphic seal from Jemdet Nasr which sold at Christie's on June 9, 2011, for USD 11,250 (lot 1).
Provenance: ex-private upstate New York, USA collection, acquired via family estate, purportedly acquired before 1980
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#156247Stone is ancient; bezel is modern. Stone has small chips and nicks but is overall in excellent condition.Condition
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