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A Tel Brak Terracotta Eye Idol

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Description

Near Eastern, ca. 3000 B.C.
Dimensions: Height 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.)
Provenance: Ex: Early Connecticut private collection formed in the 1960's; Ex: NY Gallery showcase of Eye Idols, 2014.
Condition Report: Intact. Minor surface abrasions.
Terracotta sculpture known as eye idol from the Mesopotamian site of Tel Brak, where many of those idols were discovered in part of the site known as the “Eye temple” and dating to the late 4th millennium BC.The most common type of those idols is a flat figurine with trapezoidal body and narrow neck topped by over sized eyes. This idol is one of the less common three dimensional with rounded, upright square body with two eyes protruding from the upper corners.Cf: For a related idol see no. 2003.245, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum.

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A Tel Brak Terracotta Eye Idol

Name: A Tel Brak Terracotta Eye Idol
SKU: 58401527
Price: 2500 USD
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