CIRCA 900-600 B.C.

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A NEAR EASTERN TERRACOTTA VESSEL IN THE FORM OF A KNEELING DROMEDARY
CIRCA 900-600 B.C.
Carrying two jars on its back flanking a central spout, legs folded beneath, with extended neck, the mouth forming a second spout, Syria or Palestine; and another similar, the camel standing, with applied harness, carrying two jars on its back, apertures in the mouth, breast and within each jar, circa 1200-600 B.C., Palestine
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) and 5½ in. (14 cm.) high respectively (2)

Provenance

Dr Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Zurich.

Exhibited

Item two: Les animaux du 6ème jour: Les animaux dans la Bible et dans l'Orient ancien, Fribourg and nine venues in Germany and Switzerland, 2000-2003.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. S. Walker, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, nos. 214 and 215; P. E. Mottahedeh (ed.), Out of Noah's Ark, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, 1997, nos. 121 and 122 (back cover); and O. Keel and T. Staubli, Les animaux du 6ème jour, Musée Bible + Orient, Fribourg, 2003, p. 42, no. 21, frontispiece (item two).

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