Lot Essay
Cf. P. Amiet, Art of the Ancient Near East, New York, 1980, pp. 349 and 443, pl. 19, figs. 164-174; Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, Sumer Assur Babylone, 1981, nos 2-17
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A MESOPOTAMIAN ALABASTER IDOL, in the form of a standing steatopygous woman, eyes recessed for inlay, lower legs missing, mounted, mid-6th millennium B.C., from Tel es-Sawwan
3 5/8in. (9cm.) high
3 5/8in. (9cm.) high