LOT 285 Neo-Sumerian Silver Human-Headed Bull Statuette
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8th century BC. 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; mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. the Louvre Museum, accession number AO 2752 for a similar figure in chlorite. 630 grams including stand, 77mm (3"). 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. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.]Very fine condition. Rare.
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