Western Asiatic Sumerian Bearded Face Plaque

3RD MILLENNIUM BC

6 1/4" (23 grams, 16cm).

A sheet silver plaque with repoussé image of a profile bearded male bust with band to the brow; the hair shown in vertical waves with curled ends, the beard similar; lentoid eye and raised eyebrow; beaded lateral borders.

Provenance

From the Rizzi family collection; acquired in the 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Moortgat, A. The Art of Ancient Mesopotamia, London, 1969, item 16.

Footnotes

The execution of the hair, brow-band and beard is similar to those on the gold helmet or headdress from the tomb of Mes-kalam-dug at Ur, conventionally dated to the middle of the 3rd millennium BC.

CONDITION

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LOT 1215

Western Asiatic Sumerian Bearded Face Plaque

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,464

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