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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Animal Figurine
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Animal Figurine

Place CreatedIran, Asia
CultureAmlash
PeriodIron Age II
Date2nd Millennium to 1st Millenium BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions1 13/16 x 1/2 x 2 1/4 in., 24 g (4.6 x 1.2 x 5.7 cm, 7/8 oz.)
Object number2018.010.323
Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes du Prado, Merseille, Archeologie Objets de Fouilles (20 Decembre 1975), lot 93.
ProvenancePurchased by S.A.M. Sanousrit from Hotel des Ventes du Prado, Marseille, France, December 20, 1975, lot 93. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
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