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Near Eastern Bone Inlay of a Sphinx

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ca. 1200-700 BC

Height: 6.7 cm. (2 11/16 in.)

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#4797

ex: private British collection, before 1955, thence by descent.

Exhibited: Nassau County Museum of Art; The Supernatural in Art. July 23, 2022-November 6, 2022 Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures VIII. (New York, 2010) p.5

Comparanda: Weber, Otto; Die Kunst der Hethiter (Berlin, 1922) nos. 15, 45 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York acc. no.64.372; 57.801

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