拍品專文
For a similar example from the collection of Elie Borowski see no. 70, p. 93 in Spycket, The Human Form Divine. According to the author, the type possibly represents the hero Enkidu from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEIL AND SHARON PHILLIPS
A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE AMULET
EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2500-2300 B.C.
細節
A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE AMULET
EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2500-2300 B.C.
The horned head with bull's ears, the eyes deeply recessed for now-missing inlays, with a prominent nose and bulging smiling lips, an incised coiled lock below each ear, pierced vertically for suspension
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high
EARLY DYNASTIC III, CIRCA 2500-2300 B.C.
The horned head with bull's ears, the eyes deeply recessed for now-missing inlays, with a prominent nose and bulging smiling lips, an incised coiled lock below each ear, pierced vertically for suspension
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high
來源
Z. Wolloch Collection, 1970s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1990.
The Estate of Neil F. Phillips, Esq., Q.C.; Christie's, New York, 18 December 1997, lot 231.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1990.
The Estate of Neil F. Phillips, Esq., Q.C.; Christie's, New York, 18 December 1997, lot 231.