Western Asiatic Bronze Ram's Head Fitting from a Whetstone

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 1/4 in. (115 grams total, 84 mm including stand).

Comprising a barrel-shaped collar with raised corrugated rim to each end; flat-section curved neck with beast-head finial, incised circular eyes, long curved horns. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. similar item forming the finial to a whetstone in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.32.161.13.

CONDITION

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LOT 1188