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Culture: Near Eastern.
Date: 8th - 7th Century B.C.
Material: Bronze.
Condition: Intact, with green patina and a custom stand.
Provenance: Ex: Prominent U.S. East Coast collection; Ex: European art market.
Measurements: 4.4 inches tall (11 cms).
Made of stylized tubular form, the head of janus form with two heads back to back, characterized by large rounded eyes and beak like noses. The neck collared in four rows. A very rare type of votive statue.
Cf: Lot 58, Christie's London Antiquities Auction, The Stanford Collection of Antiquities, 26 April 2006. Also, P.R.S. Mooney, Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection, Oxford, 1974, p. 113, no. 85, for a related finial($5,300 - $8,700).
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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