Openwork furniture plaque with a cow suckling a calf, ca. 9th–8th century

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Openwork furniture plaque with a cow suckling a calf, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, x x in. ( x x cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This fragmentary plaque depicts a cow suckling a calf. Carved in the openwork technique, characteristic of the Phoenician style, the lower legs of both animals do not survive. The cow’s raised, incised eyebrow accentuates an originally inlaid eye

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Size: 4800px × 3998px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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