Seated Canaanite

Syrian (Artist)

2nd millennium BCE (Middle Bronze Age)

solid-cast bronze
(Ancient Near East )

The seated male figure, dressed in a long cloak, clasps his hands in front of his body in prayer. The identification of the statuette as Canaanite is based on stylistic parallels with sculptures from Hazor (in present-day Israel).

Provenance

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Blanchard Collection, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Admiral and Mrs. Dewitt Hamberger, Washington, D.C., by purchase [1940's]; Walters Art Museum, 1971, by purchase.

Exhibitions

2008	Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

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Geographies

Syria (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, 1971

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Near Eastern Art

Accession Number

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54.2485

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