Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1279. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005. Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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[Antiquities]
NEAR EAST. Lot of five Æ Artifacts. 1st millennium BC. Three figures, ranging from 22mm to 58 mm in height. All with prominent phalli; one figure holding a club. Cf. Moorey,
Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, 430 for largest figure // Amulet of a hawk, height 40mm, the legs broken away // Protome of a lion's head, length 30mm. Originating from various cultures in the Near East in the period before Persian and Greek domination. Good condition. Five (5) pieces in lot. ($500)