A BACTRIAN BRONZE STAND

CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A BACTRIAN BRONZE STAND
CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
In the form of a shallow circular pan supported by three nude dwarfs interspersed with cylindrical pillars, on a ring base, each dwarf bandy-legged, standing with his arms raised and supporting the underside of the pan, each with a short fringe of hair at the forehead, long side-locks and a drooping mustache, a suspension loop on either side of the pan
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Joseph Brummer Collection; Parke-Bernet, New York, 20 April 1949, lot 83.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 April 1998, lot 74.

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Lot Essay

For similar treatment of the dwarfs' faces compare the seated figure surmounting an axe, no. 102 in Ligabue and Salvatori, eds., Bactria, An Ancient Oasis Civilization from the Sands of Afghanistan. For another figural stand compare lot 238 from Christie's London, 26 April 2006, where figures in loin cloths stand with their arms lowered.

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