Babylonian plaque showing a bearded god | Yale University Art Gallery

early 2nd Millenium B.C.

Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 5 5/16 × 1 3/4 × 15/16 in. (13.43 × 4.4 × 2.39 cm)
Credit Line: Donated by Jane Davis Doggett, M.F.A. 1956
Accession Number: 2006.245.2
Culture: Syrian, Babylonian
Period: 2nd Millenium B.C.
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

With Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1980s. Sale, Christie's New York, June 16, 2006, lot 29; sold to Jane Davis Doggett, New York, June 16, 2006; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. 2006

Bibliography

Christie's New York, New York, Christie's Antiquities sale no. 1679, sale cat. (June 16, 2006), ill

Sotheby's, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, sale cat. (May 31, 1997), ill

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

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