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LOT 0267
Elamite Bronze Spouted Vessel with Floral Design
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (349 grams, 16 cm).
With a hollow-formed biconvex body, tiered rim and short straight spout, repoussé octofoil motifs to the shoulder, trumpet-shaped stepped base.
Provenance
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13027-246802.
Literature
Cf. Negahban, E.O., A preliminary report on Marlik excavations, Gohar Rud Expedition, Rudbar, 1961-1962, Teheran, 1964; Moorey P.R.S., Bunker, C.M., Porada, E., Markoe, G., Ancient Bronzes Ceramics and seals, Los Angeles, 1981; Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988; Mahboubian, H., Art of Ancient Iran, London, 1997, no.319; Mahboubian, H., Art and civilization of Ancient Iran, 3000-2000 BC, Salisbury, 2004; Muscarella, O.W., Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East, Leiden, Boston, 2013; Oudbashi, O., Hessari, M., ‘Iron Age tin bronze metallurgy at Marlik, Northern Iran: an analytical investigation’ in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Volume: 9 Issues: 2, 2017; our vessel finds a good correspondence with a silver beaker in hammered repoussè and chased from Fars, see Mahboubian, 2004, p.33.
Footnotes
The Elamite culture was an important civilisation in the ancient Near East that lasted for many centuries, from the 3rd millennium to the 6th century BC. They developed their own style of art, metalwork, and seal designs, as well as their own form of cuneiform writing. Although the Elamites were eventually absorbed into later empires, many aspects of their culture continued to influence the ancient world around them.
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LOT 0267
Elamite Bronze Spouted Vessel with Floral Design
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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