A NEO-ASSYRIAN CARNELIAN JANIFORM PAZUZU
A NEO-ASSYRIAN CARNELIAN JANIFORM PAZUZU

CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A NEO-ASSYRIAN CARNELIAN JANIFORM PAZUZU
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Both heads grimacing, revealing his teeth, with leonine features including a thick beard and mustache crosshatched along the jaw line, and a feline-whiskered snout, the ridged brows protruding above the bulging eyes, with human ears and a bald pate, the tapering ribbed horns slung back over the forehead; perforated vertically
1 in. (2.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Nina Borowski, Galerie Archéologie, Paris, 1972.

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