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LOT 0240
Mesopotamian Bronze Hunter God Ninurtu
LATE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (280 grams, 10.6 cm).
Modelled in the round, standing nude on a D-shaped base with arms bent and hands gripping a fawn slung over his shoulders. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Moorey, P.R.S., Bunker, E.C., Porada, E., and Markoe, G., Ancient Bronzes Ceramics and Seals, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic and European Art, Los Angeles, 1981, for discussion; Holland, Glenn Stanfield, Gods in the Desert: Religions of the Ancient Near East, New York, 2009; Robson, Eleanor "Ninurta, god of victory", Nimrud: Materialities of Assyrian Knowledge Production 2015.
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LOT 0240
Mesopotamian Bronze Hunter God Ninurtu
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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