Early–Middle Bronze Age three-headed figurine from Syria. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Provenance: Formerly collection of the Comtesse de Fontmarin; acquired by the Museum in 1955, purchased from Mrs. Jacques Lindon, New York.
- Period:
- Early–Middle Bronze Age
- Date:
- ca. 2200–1750 B.C.
- Geography:
- Syria
- Medium:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- 3.75 x 2.06 in. (9.53 x 5.23 cm)
- Classification:
- Ceramics-Sculpture
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1955
- Accession Number:
- 55.188
References: Muscarella, Oscar W. 1981. Ladders to Heaven: Art Treasures from Lands of the Bible. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, pp. 229-230.
Looks very much like other Eye idols from Tell Brak, so I tentatively assign it there.
Terracotta statuette of woman with bird face. OASC The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Date: ca. 1450–1200 B.C. Culture: Cypriot. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 173. This figurine is typical of Cypriot coroplastic art of the Late Cypriot II and III periods. The type, with the pubic triangle accentuated and the breasts clearly shown, is likely of Syrian origin, but Cypriot sculptors created their own variations. Handmade and hollow, it has a shaved surface. Her eyes are pellets surrounded by rings. In each large flat ear are two perforations, each containing an earring; the lower ones have overlapping terminals. The infant stretches out its arms and has depressed circles for its eyes.
Bird-Headed Figure Whistle, 8th–9th century Mexico, Veracruz Ceramic. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Eye idol from Tell Brak, ca. 3700–3500 B.C., Gypsum alabaster, Metropolitan Museum of Art via Archive.org. 1937-38, excavated by Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, acquired by the Museum in 1951, gift of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Accession_number 51.59.1
Eye idol from Tell Brak, ca. 3700–3500 B.C., Gypsum alabaster, Metropolitan Museum of Art via Archive.org. 1937-38, excavated by Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, acquired by the Museum in 1951, gift of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Accession_number 51.59.6
Indus Valley Terracotta Figurine of a Fertility...
Double-faced female Tlatilco figure, Central Mexico, 1200–900 B.C. © Princeton University Art Museum.
Ceramic with traces of pigment.
h. 9.5 cm., w. 4.8 cm., d. 2.1 cm. (3 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 13/16 in.)
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin. 1999-245.
