Western Asiatic Bone Doll's Face

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 3/8 in. (8.29 grams, 35 mm).

Modelled as a human bust with naturalistic facial features, almond-shaped eyes, furrowed brow, remains of narrow lips, fleshy nose, cheeks and chin, ornamented neck.

Provenance

From an important collection, by descent; seen and numbered by Professor Lambert in the 1980-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, 2003, p.162, for a comparable face composed of different materials.

CONDITION

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LOT 0952