A MESOPOTAMIAN GYPSUM MALE WORSHIPPER

SYRIA, EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2550-2250 B.C.

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A MESOPOTAMIAN GYPSUM MALE WORSHIPPER
SYRIA, EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2550-2250 B.C.
The broad-shouldered figure depicted standing on a thin integral plinth with his legs against a back support, the knee-length tufted garment covering his left shoulder and arm, exposing his right shoulder, with a large tassel in back, his hands clasped at his chest in front of his long pointed beard, his hair smoothly rendered and tied in a chignon, with large eyes beneath raised arching brows, a prominent nose and ears, and a small smiling mouth; together with J.P. Goidsenhoven, ed., Collection Adolphe Stoclet, Première Partie, Brussels, 1956.
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Adolphe Stoclet, Brussels.

Literature

J.P. Goidsenhoven, ed., Collection Adolphe Stoclet, Première Partie, Brussels, 1956, pp. 266-267.

Lot Essay

For the treatment of the garment covering the left shoulder and arm compare the gypsum figure of Ishqi-Mari, from the Ishtar Temple at Mari, Syria, no. 88 in Aruz, ed., Art of the First Cities, The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. For the legs against a back support and similar thin arms and broad shoulders see the figure from Tell Chuera in Syria, no. 25 in Aruz, op. cit.

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