The California Museum of Ancient Art is de-accessioning lot # 85A to raise funds for its Ancient Art Acquisition Fund in order to build its growing collections.

An extremely rare Near Eastern limestone fertility amulet of female breasts, 2nd Millennium BC, the chest represented in rectangular shape, the breasts pendulous with large nipples; suspension loop at top. An interesting fertility amulet and well-preserved with attractive patination. 31 x 32mm. This amulet was likely used by a Near-Eastern mother with newborn child over 3,000 years ago, to magically ensure that she would have plenty of milk for her baby. A great belated gift for Mother’s Day, particularly for a nursing mom! Ex-East Coast private collection; Ex-California Museum of Ancient Art, acquired 1989 (1608).

The California Museum of Ancient Art was founded in 1983 to gather the first collection focusing exclusively on the Ancient Near East in Southern California. Representing the geographic regions of Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Levant from approximately 3500 BC to 500 AD, the museum's goal is to tell the stories of the peoples of the Ancient Near East and their cultures and to promote a better appreciation for the roots of Western Civilization. The museum aims to do this in a way that is both historically accurate and user friendly and, most importantly, meaningful to the general public. From the influential peoples of Sumer, Elam, Babylon, Assyria, Hittite Anatolia, Canaan, Philistia, Israel, Judah, and Egypt of the Pharaohs to the beginnings of Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity, the aim is to bring these ancient peoples to life—actively engaging visitors by allowing the museum's ancient artworks and written texts to tell their amazing stories

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