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
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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.
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.
664–332 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
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750 B.C.–A.D. 339
about A.D. 100
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1595–1157 B.C.
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