CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. OR EARLIER

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A WESTERN ASIATIC SILVER AND ELECTRUM PENDANT OF AN ANTELOPE
CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. OR EARLIER
The finely and naturalistically modelled antelope with head lifted and turned slightly to left, with small erect ears (one missing) behind gracefully arching antlers, eyes hollow for inlays (now missing), with short bushy tail, suspension loop on back
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high

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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
E. Paszthory, Stromerzeugung oder Magie, Antike Welt, XVI, 1985, heft 1, pp. 3-12, fig. 6; Animals, 1986, II, no. 4; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 131.

It has been suggested that the antelope's distinctive facial profile and short, bushy tail may identify it as a Saiga antelope, which in ancient times was native to eastern Europe and western Asia.

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