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<p>[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 2966579, member: 16674"]<font size="4">This appears to be the right hand end of a larger panel, although there are no fixing marks. It depicts an Assyrian or Mesopotamian Man, holding an impala in his left arm and what appears to be a wilted flower. There is a stone with writing that is certainly not cuneiform, and is probably just a visual aid.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I have had it for exactly 57 years, so it is vintage. I bought it in Spain, and I can't remember if it was a souvenir shop or a junk shop, probably the former as I was then 24 years of age. There are no identification marks or signature.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I still like it, my wife never has.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Made for the tourist trade in 1963, or torn from an ancient artifact? I await and look forward to the wisdom, which will undoubtedly come. Thank you all.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]288167[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]288168[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><br /></p><p>Two photographs. One natural light, the other flash. The latter has better definition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 2966579, member: 16674"][SIZE=4]This appears to be the right hand end of a larger panel, although there are no fixing marks. It depicts an Assyrian or Mesopotamian Man, holding an impala in his left arm and what appears to be a wilted flower. There is a stone with writing that is certainly not cuneiform, and is probably just a visual aid. I have had it for exactly 57 years, so it is vintage. I bought it in Spain, and I can't remember if it was a souvenir shop or a junk shop, probably the former as I was then 24 years of age. There are no identification marks or signature. I still like it, my wife never has. Made for the tourist trade in 1963, or torn from an ancient artifact? I await and look forward to the wisdom, which will undoubtedly come. Thank you all. [ATTACH=full]288167[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]288168[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] Two photographs. One natural light, the other flash. The latter has better definition.[/QUOTE]
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