IDOL WITH ALABASTER EYES Mesopotamian art, proto-urban period, 3500-2900 BC Idol with flat body engraved with a chevron motif, large incised eyes and arched eyebrows. Two transverse fractures. Height 6.5 cm high Origin : Former collection of Mr Foglino Funet, member of ISMEO (Instituto per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente), Rome, acquired in the early 1970s. Archea Gallery, Amsterdam Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2010 A Mesopotamian alabaster Eye idol, Uruk Period, 3500-2900 B.C.