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| MESOPOTAMIAN PROTO-HISTORIC WHITE MARBLE ELEPHANT Of stylized form, naively modeled standing on four stout legs, the back rounded, a small tail between the hind legs, with coiled ears, the trunk, now missing, flanked by two recessed channels with drill holes on either side. Cf. D.N. Adams et al., When Orpheus Sang, An Ancient Bestiary, Paris, 2004, p.41, fig.26. Uruk-Jemdet Nasr Period, ca. 3400-3000 BC L. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2009, no. 214 BLR205 SOLD Sales |
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