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Near Eastern Alabaster Eye Idol

Circa 4th-3rd Millennium BC

Description: Flat incised eye idol of smooth white alabaster. The figure has a squared body tapered toward the top. From the top of the body two bulbous eyes protrude upward incised with pupilled almond-shaped eyes and arched conjoined eyebrows. Small sunken diamond-shaped area between the eyes and the body.

Height: 1.3 in. (3.6 cm)

Condition: Intact with smooth creamy surface. Custom stand.

Provenance: Formerly in an East Coast private collection.

Reference: See Dictionary of the Ancient Near East (British Museum 2000) by P. Bienkowski and A. Millard, p. 112 for the type.

Price: $ 975

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