*COSMETIC VASE
In the form of a seated male figure,... Lot 29
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*COSMETIC VASE
In the form of a seated male figure, his hands resting on his knees. The head is fitted with a small bronze rod from which the contents of the vase can be removed.
Gilded bronze. 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm
Bactria, late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.
A Bactrian gold-foiled bronze anthropomorphic cosmetic vase. Depicted seated, his hands on his knees. On top of the head, thin bronze stick probably to extract the content of the vase. Late 3rd-2nd Millenium B.C.E.
Provenance
Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1984
Rassla Foundation, Zurich
Publications
G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e Mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Trebaseleghe (PD) 2008, p. 232
G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Sulla via delle Oasi, Trebaseleghe (PD) 2007, p. 291;
G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Dea Madre, Milano 2006, p. 232.
*For buyers from the European Union: This lot is sold under temporary import status. Buyers will only be charged an additional handling fee. No import VAT will be charged.
Buyers inside European Union: The lot is sold under Temporary Import status. Buyers will only have to pay additional paperworks fees. No import VAT will be charged to them.
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