A MOTTLED STONE FIGURE OF A CROUCHING APE

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A MOTTLED STONE FIGURE OF A CROUCHING APE
LATE 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
Of squat form, with raised hair piece, cut away from the forehead, pierced ears, small close-set eyes, thick, protruding lips, the hands clasped under the chin in a gesture of contemplation, mounted
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Egypt in 1950's; formerly in the Kekerus Collection.

Lot Essay

Cf. H. Weiss (ed.), Ebla to Damascus, Washington, 1985, p. 119 no. 44 for a figure of a bear from Tell Brak; and Ars Antiqua Auktion, II, 1960, no. 68, pl. 32 for similar, although the above is Egyptian rather than Syrian.

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