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Honey bear licking his paw
Honey bear licking his paw

Honey bear licking his paw

16th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueStone; mottled gray and black
DimensionsHeight: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.636
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1930, acquired in Iran, probably by Ayoub Rabenou, Paris; 1930, sold by Rabenou, through Arthur Upham Pope (b. 1881 - d. 1969), Paris, to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: August 7, 1930)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 30.544-30.637 were purchased from Arthur Upham Pope for $15,000, plus a $2250 commission. According to Pope, the majority of the group belonged to Rabenou.
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