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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Nude Female Figurine Supporting Her Breasts

AAT Object Form/FunctionFigurines

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, September 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

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