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LOT 1492
Elamite Bronze Macehead with Faces
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (155 grams total, 10.8 cm including stand).
A hollow-formed decorative mace or sceptre-head formed as a tubular neck with segmented collar, segmented shoulder above three radiating masks each with exaggerated circular eyes, brow developing to a triangular nose above a crescent mouth; neck developing to a ribbed collar below; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 2000s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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