A MESOPOTAMIAN IVORY STANDING NUDE FEMALE FIGURE Early Dynastic IIIB, Circa 2400-2250 B.C. The sensuously modelled figure with stylized and exaggerated features, the oval face with originally-inlaid eyes and brows, long projecting nose and thinly grooved mouth curving into a slight smile, the large ears curving outward, the now-missing hair/headdress once attached by dowels, the flat body with womanly proportions, the shoulders narrow, her thin arms bent acutely, the hands cupping the small round breasts, her trunk quite narrow, curving sharply to the broad hips, the pubic triangle recessed and once inlaid, the rounded legs held closely together and tapering dramatically, a vertical groove between, the feet missing, the reverse with a vertical groove between the legs and the buttocks, a horizontal groove defining the lower edge of the buttocks, two 'dimples' above 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high
A MESOPOTAMIAN IVORY STANDING NUDE FEMALE FIGURE Early Dynastic IIIB, Circa 2400-2250 B.C. The sensuously modelled figure with stylized and exaggerated features, the oval face with originally-inlaid eyes and brows, long projecting nose and thinly grooved mouth curving into a slight smile, the large ears curving outward, the now-missing hair/headdress once attached by dowels, the flat body with womanly proportions, the shoulders narrow, her thin arms bent acutely, the hands cupping the small round breasts, her trunk quite narrow, curving sharply to the broad hips, the pubic triangle recessed and once inlaid, the rounded legs held closely together and tapering dramatically, a vertical groove between, the feet missing, the reverse with a vertical groove between the legs and the buttocks, a horizontal groove defining the lower edge of the buttocks, two 'dimples' above 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high
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