A CAUCASIAN STONE IBEX KOHL POT
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buy… Read more
A CAUCASIAN STONE IBEX KOHL POT

CIRCA 1500 B.C.

Details
A CAUCASIAN STONE IBEX KOHL POT
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
In the form of an ibex carrying the cylindrical vessel on its back, the long curved horns wrapped around the upper part of the tube, 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high; a terracotta disc with four pairs of standing ibex around a central ringed tondo, each with long curved horns, mythological symbols between each pair, Indus Valley(?), circa 3000 B.C., 5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm.) diam.; a Mesopotamian terracotta mould plaque, with a striding ram in sunk relief, 8th-6th Century B.C., 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) long; a Syrian green faience recumbent camel pendant, with folded legs, wearing broad saddle surmounted by a suspension loop, circa 200 B.C./A.D., 1 3/8 in. (3.7 cm.) long; three flints in the form of standing birds, possibly Predynastic, Naqada II-III, circa 3500-3050 B.C., 2 in. (5 cm.) high max.; and a fragmentary Chinese pottery seated equestrian figure, wearing cuirass and red painted tunic, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D., 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high (8)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, nos. 79 (items five-seven), 218 (item four), 237 (item two), 239 (item one); and Animals, 2004, VI, no. 11 (item three).

More from ANTIQUITIES

View All
View All