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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Nude Female Figurine Supporting Her Breasts
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Nude Female Figurine Supporting Her Breasts

Place CreatedSusa, Iran, Asia
CultureElamite
PeriodOld Elamite Period
Dateca. 2000 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LinePurchased in memory of Charles H. Carver
Dimensions5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)
Object number1986.032
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987
Across the Millennia: Antiques from the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Southern Bell Center, Atlanta, Georgia, January 6 - February 29, 1988
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 36.
ProvenancePurchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Paris, France, summer 1986.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art