Statuette of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 5 5/16 x W. 3in. (13.5 x 7.6cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, Phoenician ivory carvers were strongly influenced by the themes and style of Egyptian art owing to traditionally close ties between the two cultures. Some Phoenician ivories illustrate purely Egyptian themes, but many use Egyptian motifs in entirely original compositions
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Statuette, man, oryx, monkey, leopard skin, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, H, 5 5/16 x W, 3in, 13.5 7.6cm, Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, Phoenician ivory, carvers, strongly influenced, themes, style, Egyptian art, owing, traditionally close, ties, two cultures, ivories, illustrate, purely, Egyptian, motifs, entirely original, compositions
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