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Mesopotamian 'Chrysler Museum' Bronze Macehead with Incised Decoration Mesopotamian 'Chrysler Museum' Bronze Macehead with Incised Decoration Mesopotamian 'Chrysler Museum' Bronze Macehead with Incised Decoration
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LOT 0294

Mesopotamian 'Chrysler Museum' Bronze Macehead with Incised Decoration

EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

10 in. (647 grams total, 25.6 cm including stand).

Tubular in plan with low-relief braided panel and undulating lines; scooped profile at each end and securing collar; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Ex Chrysler Museum of Art, Virginia, accession no.NP.68.62.M.
with ArtAncient, 2010.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Mahboubian, H., Art of Ancient Iran, Copper and Bronze, London, 1997, fig.175, p.168, for type.

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LOT 0294

Mesopotamian 'Chrysler Museum' Bronze Macehead with Incised Decoration

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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