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Auction archive: Lot number 1

A Canaanite bronze figure

Antiquities
3 Jul 2019
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$8,799 - US$12,570
Price realised:
£22,562
ca. US$28,361
Auction archive: Lot number 1

A Canaanite bronze figure

Antiquities
3 Jul 2019
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$8,799 - US$12,570
Price realised:
£22,562
ca. US$28,361
Beschreibung:

A Canaanite bronze figure Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 B.C. The standing figure with bent arms extended holding two offering vessels, wearing a pleated kilt and conical hat, the face with enlarged features, the right ear with double piercing, 13cm high Fußnoten Provenance: Dr H. A. Fawcett (1891-1982) collection, UK (inv. No. RG.3.HF). Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1970s at Sotheby's, London. For a kilted bronze figure of similar pose, cf. O. Negbi, Canaanite Gods in Metal, Tel Aviv, 1976, p.18, pl.14, no. 161. It is suggested that the conical headgear is Anatolian in style.

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

A Canaanite bronze figure Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 B.C. The standing figure with bent arms extended holding two offering vessels, wearing a pleated kilt and conical hat, the face with enlarged features, the right ear with double piercing, 13cm high Fußnoten Provenance: Dr H. A. Fawcett (1891-1982) collection, UK (inv. No. RG.3.HF). Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1970s at Sotheby's, London. For a kilted bronze figure of similar pose, cf. O. Negbi, Canaanite Gods in Metal, Tel Aviv, 1976, p.18, pl.14, no. 161. It is suggested that the conical headgear is Anatolian in style.

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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