A SUMERIAN STEATITE BULL CUP
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELIAS S. DAVID
A SUMERIAN STEATITE BULL CUP

LATE URUK-JAMDAT NASR, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.

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A SUMERIAN STEATITE BULL CUP
LATE URUK-JAMDAT NASR, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.
Conical in form on a circular base, carved in raised relief with four bulls in procession to the left, each with its head turned out, the short horns downturned
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) diameter
來源
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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According to L. Martin (p. 42 in J. Aruz, ed., Art of the First Cities, The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus), "Among material from the end of the Uruk period and the following Early Dynastic period, stone vessels are, after cylinder seals, the most important sources of pictorial information...vessels of this type were frequently found in palaces or religious structures, which suggests that they had a special function in such settings." For a similar example see no. 12, op. cit.

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