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A NEAR EASTERN TERRACOTTA MODEL OF A LADEN DONKEY
Lot 208

A NEAR EASTERN TERRACOTTA MODEL OF A LADEN DONKEY

CHALCOLITHIC, 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C., PALESTINE OR JORDAN

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A NEAR EASTERN TERRACOTTA MODEL OF A LADEN DONKEY
CHALCOLITHIC, 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C., PALESTINE OR JORDAN
Carrying two panniers on the back each in the form of a spout, wearing a notched collar around the neck, with modelled tail between the legs, the body with faint traces of brown painted linear decoration
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) long

Dr Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Zurich.

Specialist note

PUBLISHED:
Animals, op.cit., 1996, III, no. 175; and Noah's Ark, op.cit., 1997, no. 108.