Description: Fantastic Vintage Shedu / Lamma Drawing. Original Fine Art Drawing, beautifully executed with chalk pastels, incredibly detailed and "On Point". Framed in vintage gold tone wooden frame. Piece is not signed, but is from a portfolio of works by Hilda Bourgeois Daly. Circa 1960's.Excellent vintage condition, with some very subtle age and wear to the vintage wooden frame. ***Please ZOOM the photos to appreciate all the details, as well as to best understand overall condition.Measures 17.5" x 21.5" x 1" Framed, site size measures 11" x 12""Shedu" evolved throughout the Assyro-Akkadian culture from the Sumerian culture to denote the Assyrian-winged-man-bull symbol and statues during the Neo-Assyrian Empire."Lama, Lamma or Lamassu is a Sumerian protective deity. Initially depicted as a female deity in Sumerian times, when it was called Lamma, it was later depicted from Assyrian times as a hybrid of a human, bird, and either a bull or lion—specifically having a human head, ... The motif of a winged animal with a human head is common to the Near East"See my full collection of Vintage Art in my Store.
Price: 168 USD
Location: Hoffman Estates, Illinois
End Time: 2025-01-22T20:04:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 11 USD
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Artist: Hilda Bourgeois Daly
Size: Medium
Signed: No
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Material: Paper
Framing: Framed
Region of Origin: Illinois, USA
Subject: Shedu Lamma
Type: Drawing
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 17.5 in
Theme: Animals, Fantasy, History, Mythological, Religious
Production Technique: Drawing
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Sumerian
Item Width: 21.5 in
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
