Western Asiatic Elamite Gold Statuette

2ND MILLENNIUM BC

4" (45 grams, 10cm including stand).

A hollow-formed sheet gold statuette of a standing robed figure with domed headdress, hands clasped to the chest, holes for the insertion of separate eyes, applied earrings inserted through lateral slots; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. Accompanied by X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate 00911-2017WS.

Literature

See Aruz, J. Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003 for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 0621

Western Asiatic Elamite Gold Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,300

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