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LOT 0264
Neo-Assyrian Black Stone Multifacetted Pazuzu Head
CIRCA 600 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (19.94 grams, 34.28 mm).
Modelled in the round, four addorsed heads, each with snarling mouth and furrowed brow; pierced vertically.
Provenance
From the 'S' collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13286-253337.
Literature
Cf. a similar bronze head of Pazuzu in BM, accession no.132964, in Braun-Holzinger, E.A., Figürliche Bronzen aus Mesopotamien, Abteilung I, Band 4, Munich, 1984, pl.53, p.264.
Footnotes
Pazuzu, in the Mesopotamian mythology, is described as ‘the son of Hanbu and king of wind demons’. Amulets with images of his full body or, more often, just his head, were common in the early first millennium B.C. Pazuzu was most popular in the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, from about the late 8th century B.C. through the 6th century B.C.
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