Near Eastern Calcite Seated Steatopygous Female Figure

5th Millennium BC, Halaf type.
Height: 5.5 cm. (2 3/16 in.)
Width: 2.9 cm. (1 1/8 in.)
ex: a private Middle Eastern collection, before 1981; previously another private Middle Eastern collection, before 1976.
#7011
Published:
Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XIV (New York, 2016) p.3
Antiquarium Ltd.; Women in Ancient Art (New York, 1997) p.4
Comparanda:
Amiet, Pierre ; Art of the Ancient Near East (New York, 1977) p.444, pl.195
Mellart, James ; The Neolithic of the Near East (London, 1975) pp.165-167, fig.101
Bossert, Helmuth ; Altsyrien (Tubingen, 1951) no.416, 417