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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
A SUMERIAN ELECTRUM HEDGEHOG
CIRCA EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A SUMERIAN ELECTRUM HEDGEHOG
CIRCA EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Naturalistically rendered, formed of sheet with a pointed snout, the eyes filigree rings, the upright disk ears surrounded by fine granulation, the body with punched, stippled bosses in rows, a plain wire joined to the underside forming a loop, then rising up as the arched tail
15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) long
CIRCA EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Naturalistically rendered, formed of sheet with a pointed snout, the eyes filigree rings, the upright disk ears surrounded by fine granulation, the body with punched, stippled bosses in rows, a plain wire joined to the underside forming a loop, then rising up as the arched tail
15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) long
Provenance
with Molayem (d.1998), Rome, 1970.
Literature
G. Ligabue and G. Rossi-Osmida, Sulla Via delle Oasi, Tesori dell'Oriente Antico, Trebaseleghe, 2007, p. 217,B.
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