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THBImportant Tell Brak Stone Kneeling Bear
Lot 71b
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world - Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern; Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India; Fine Art from the 17th century to present. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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Ancient Near East, Tell Brak, modern day Syria, ca. 3500 to 3300 BCE. Wow! An incredible polished miniature votive alabaster bear, a very ancient depiction of the brown bears who now live in isolated areas of the Middle East and Turkey but once had a wider distribution throughout the area. The bear sits in a human-like pose, as if kneeling, with one knee bent and the other on the ground, his heavy paws with incised claws resting on each of his knees. The head of the bear is similarly powerful, with a large snout and large incised eyes. Two small ears poke up from the top of the head. Size: 2" W x 2.7" H (5.1 cm x 6.9 cm)
Sir Max Mallowan, the principle excavator at Tell Brak, found large numbers of seated bear figures near the Eye Temple at Tell Brak, and theorized that they were carved based on knowledge of real bears, who may have been common in the area around the temple.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Richard Wagner collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, collected in the 1960s; ex-Long Island, New York, USA private collection, 1990s
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#146610One ear is partially lost. Small chips and scratches on surface commensurate with age. Rich deposits in lower profile areas. Otherwise in very good condition, especially considering its age!Condition
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