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Fertility Goddess

Fertility Goddess

Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Persian)
Title
Fertility Goddess
Date
600-529 B.C.E.
Period
period of Cyrus the Great
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
7 1/4 x 3 5/8 x 1 15/16 in. Overall
Credit
Bequest of Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender
Accession No.
1992.361
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
Persia

Related

1964, excavated in the vicinity of the Marlik excavation (NW Iran). Unknown date, with Samuel Dubiner (Ramat Gan, Israel). 1967, sold by Galerie Israel, Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) to Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender (Oak Ridge, TN); 1987, deposited on long-term loan to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1992, bequeathed to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

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