Head and Torso of a Woman

8th-7th century BCE (Urartian (?))

2.7 cm 5 cm 2.3 cm

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This hollow figure holding her breasts probably was part of a table or chair leg. The provincial character of the partly opened mouth and bulging eyes is associated with the metalworking tradition of Urartu.

Artifact

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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6
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