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PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN PINK LIMESTONE HIPPOPOTAMUS
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
Highly stylized in form, sculpted with rudimentary legs and a slender tail, the large head with raised ears and eyes, the broad flat snout with indented nostrils and a slit mouth, a partially-preserved tubular mass on its back with drilled perforations, perhaps for suspension
2 in. (5.1 cm.) long
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
Highly stylized in form, sculpted with rudimentary legs and a slender tail, the large head with raised ears and eyes, the broad flat snout with indented nostrils and a slit mouth, a partially-preserved tubular mass on its back with drilled perforations, perhaps for suspension
2 in. (5.1 cm.) long
Provenance
with Dr. Elie Borowski, 1970s.
with Kenichi Kanazawa, Tokyo, 2000.
with Kenichi Kanazawa, Tokyo, 2000.
Exhibited
San Bernardino, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, periodically until August 2005.