Lot Essay
An ink inscribed label on the reverse reads "From the Koyunjik palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh"
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A HEAD OF A BEARDED ASIATIC, with muscular right arm across his body, reign of Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.)
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AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A HEAD OF A BEARDED ASIATIC, with muscular right arm across his body, reign of Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.)
3¼ x 3¾in. (8.1 x 9.5cm.), 2.3cm. thick
3¼ x 3¾in. (8.1 x 9.5cm.), 2.3cm. thick