<b>Lot of Seven (7) disk headed pins with embossed motifs. </b><i>Iron Age II–III. (Contemporary with Neo Assyrian Empire). 1000-650 BC.</i>CNG Feature Auction 115 Antiquities Sold For $ 3 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lot of Seven (7) disk headed pins with embossed motifs. Iron Age II–III. (Contemporary with Neo Assyrian Empire). 1000-650 BC. (17.9cm, 17.2cm, 16.8cm, 16.6cm, 15.8cm, 14.9cm, 13.9cm long). Includes the following: (1) A Central disk with a ring of circles and dotted border is flanked from top and bottom by two sets of birds facing each other in rest or with wings raised. A small circle rests between them to the right. Dashed border on outside. Deep brown and green patina. // (2) A central nide figure kneels facing left in contest with a lion to the left and a deer to the right. Both animals are on hind and are held by the man. Several rows of dots decorate the adornment. A linear and dashed border surrounds the embossing. Brown patina with Green highlights. // (3) Two registers of facing animals are presented, separated by a single linear border. Above, a pair of winged deer. Circular patterns surround the negative space. Below, a pair of ibexes leaping face each other, below a large leafy frond. Circular designs similarly fill the negative space in this engraving. All surrounded by a linear border. Brown patina with green highlights. // (4) A very stylized contest between a lion on hind facing right and the protome of a bull facing forward, his horns filling a good portion of the area. His forelegs are present, stamping at the lion. Behind, a Rosette pattern to left. All in linear pattern. Brown patina with heavy green encrustations. // (5) Two ibexes stand facing on hind before a central tree of life motif. To right, devices. All surrounded by a linear border. Dark brown patina with Green highlights // (6) A hunting scene of a naked bowman with bow and arrow drawn to a lion turned to face the pin. Surrounding, several rosettes. All surrounded by double linear border. Brown patina. // (7) Two protomes of ibexes face on hind a central tree of life, its fronds extending high. Dotted patterns fill negative space. All surrounded by a dotted border. Dark green and brown earth encrustations (photo is upside down in catalogue). |