Composite statuette. The character is sitting, dressed in...

Composite statuette. The character is sitting, dressed in a dress reminiscent of Mesopotamian kaunakes. The wide-necked garment is engraved with striations forming triangular figures. The arms are not sketched.
The head is made of white limestone, the body and headdress of chlorite.
(Broken - glued. Missing and restored head on the left half).
Bactria, 3rd millennium B.C.
H: 12cm, W: 10,6cm, D: 6,2cm
Bibliography :
- Funerary material from Southern Bactria of the Bronze Age. M-H Pottier.
- Protohistoric Bactria. P. Amiet.
Collection of M. Carbonnel.
Jean-Pierre Carbonnel (1937-2002).
Knight of the Legion of Honor.
An eminent scientist, he devotes his career to research in the field of geology and hydrology, both in Southeast Asia and Africa; in the Middle East as well as in Eastern Europe.
In 1973, he was appointed Director of the permanent scientific mission of the C.N.R.S. in Afghanistan, where he remained until 1979. It was then that he acquired the many pieces that make up his collection of Bactrian objects. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.