between 1500 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
frit, with residual yellow glaze
15 x 5.8 mm
Morgan Seal 1006
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In 1006 a tree is held aloft by dancers rendered like gods in ascending posture. A suppliant female figure, probably a derivation from the Old Babylonian suppliant goddess, stands beside them; this would indicate that the figrres holding the tree, if not superhuman, are at least engaged in a sacred ritual centering about the tree."--Porada, CANES, p. 139
Summary:
"Suppliant female facing two dancers who hold tree between them -- Terminal: griffin above bull." Porada, CANES, p.140
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