A MESOPOTAMIAN ALABASTER UNGUENT JAR IN THE FORM OF A VULTURE

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A MESOPOTAMIAN ALABASTER UNGUENT JAR IN THE FORM OF A VULTURE
Late Uruk, circa 3300 B.C.

The crouching bird with hooked beak, its head strained forward, the wing feathers incised and traces of inlay in one eye, the vertical mouth of the vessel emerging from its back
2½in. (6.3cm.) long; 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. P. Harper et al (eds.), The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992, p. 65, no. 34; and Das Vorderasiatische Museum Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1992, p. 68, no. 21 for similar examples

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