9TH-LATE 13TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE OR COPTIC LAMP HANDLE IN THE FORM OF A PEACOCK
9TH-LATE 13TH CENTURY A.D.
Standing with tail fanned out behind, head turned in profile, ring handle at rear, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diam.; a Byzantine bronze goose, with enlarged lentoid eyes, on integral base, circa 6th Century A.D., 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high; and a bronze figure of a cockerel, the crest decorated with punched circles and five knobs, the tail terminating in four knobs, probably Sassanian or later, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high (3)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, nos. 77 and 62 (items one and two); Animals, 1981, I, no. 16 (item three); and Noah's Ark, 1997, nos. 29 and 35 (items one and three), p. 57 ill. (item two).

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