A NEO-ASSYRIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF PAZUZU

CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A NEO-ASSYRIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF PAZUZU
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
The demon with its mouth open revealing teeth, fangs and tongue, with thick double-outlined lips, a leonine whiskered snout and thick, striated beard and mustache, the small eyes with the pupils indicated, the brows ridged, with human ears and a bald pate, the tapering gazelle horns slung back over his forehead
4 in. (10.1 cm.) high

Provenance

French Private Collection, 1985.

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In Assyrian mythology, Pazuzu was the king of the demons of the winds. He was invoked to counteract his rival, the evil goddess Lamashtu, who was believed to terrorize mother and baby during childbirth.

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