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Estimate
GBP (£) 15,000 - 20,000
EUR (€) 17,920 - 23,890
USD ($) 19,600 - 26,130
22ND CENTURY BC
3" (565 grams, 77mm).
A substantial silver statuette of a human-headed bull divinity with head turned to the left, wearing a ribbed headdress, hanks of hair framing the face with square-cut beard, herringbone-patterned bands to the back and flanks; traces of parcel-gilding; peg to the underside for attachment.
PROVENANCE:
From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s; supplied with an original detailed metallographic report issued by Prof. Dr. Guido Devoto of the Departmento di Scienze della Terra (Dept. of Earth Sciences) at Universita La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, dated 27th September 1989.
LITERATURE:
Cf. the Louvre Museum, accession number AO 2752 for a similar figure in chlorite.
