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LOT 0174
Elamite Bronze Worshipper Figure
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 5/8 in. (144 grams total, 11.7 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round standing facing, hands raised to temples, wearing a shin-length garment and bangles at the wrist, the face with stylised detailing and dressed hair; attachment to lug base; Elamite or Mesopotamian; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEuropean private collection.
Ex Alexander Gallery, New York, USA, 1993.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s.
Cf. Moorey, P.R.S., Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics and Seals, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981, p.63, for broadly comparable figures.
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