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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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