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LOT 1215
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.
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