Figurine
48-2-131
From: Turkey (Country) | Cappadocia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-131 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Islamic |
| Provenience | Turkey (Country) | Cappadocia |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Animal |
| Description | Traces of greenish patina and the earth in the crevices were removed in 1966. Figure is complete. Parts of this canine-type animal's body are sharply segmented one from the other. It is seated with a long bushy tail curving out behind. Mouth is open. There is a kind of scalloped ruff around his shoulders. Its coffee bean eyes are executed in a series of harsh gashes. |
| Height | 4.2 cm |
| Width | 4.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 83 - Collector Number | L-2-165 - Old Loan Number |
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