MESOPOTAMIAN STONE STATUETTE OF KING Ca. 2700 - 2500 BC. A stone statuette depicting a seated male figure identified as a king with a compact, block-like body and a prominent beard extending to the chest. The right arm is bent at the elbow with the hand raised to the chest, while the other rests against the body. The long, tiered garment falls to the ankles, and the figure is seated on a broad, throne-like structure extending along the back. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 40.156; Christie's, Live Auction 1954, Antiquity, A Personal View, Lot 103. Size: 160mm x 60mm; Weight: 740g Provenance: Private UK collection, H.G.; previously with a London gallery; formerly acquired in France in 2003, ex. Alan Kotlar collection, formed in Paris in the 1970s.