Small Sumerian Alabaster Head

Mari, mid 3rd Millennium BCE

Height: 4.7 cm. (1 7/8 in.)

Width: 3.1 cm. (1 1/4 in.)

#4288

ex: European collection, assembled 1990s or earlier

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures V. (New York, 2007)

Comparandum:Ortiz, George ; In pursuit of the absolute : art of the ancient world from the George Ortiz collection : Royal Academy of Arts, London, 20 January-6 April 1994 (Berne, 1994) nos. 6, 12