Lot Essay
For a similar head from a female figure see no. 29 in J. Aruz, ed., Art of the First Cities, The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus.
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EARLY DYNASTIC, CIRCA EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A FRAGMENTARY SUMERIAN LIMESTONE FEMALE HEAD
EARLY DYNASTIC, CIRCA EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Preserving the left side of her head, her full face with the eye deeply recessed for now-missing inlay, with an m-shaped brow, a prominent nose and thin smiling lips, her wavy hair defined by incision and bound in a band
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
EARLY DYNASTIC, CIRCA EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Preserving the left side of her head, her full face with the eye deeply recessed for now-missing inlay, with an m-shaped brow, a prominent nose and thin smiling lips, her wavy hair defined by incision and bound in a band
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Indjoudjian, Paris.
G.F. Reber, Lausanne, acquired in 1928.
Kunstwerke Der Antike, Cahn Auktionen A.G., Basel, 22 September 2006, lot 150.
G.F. Reber, Lausanne, acquired in 1928.
Kunstwerke Der Antike, Cahn Auktionen A.G., Basel, 22 September 2006, lot 150.
Literature
D. Opitz, "Altorientalische Altertümer der Sammlung G.F. Reber in Lausanne," in Archiv für Orientforschung, 7, 1931-1932, pp. 223-238, pl. IX,3.
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, 1946-2006.
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