Lot Essay
The design of this Assyrian human headed winged bull relates to a pair of colossal marble examples from the palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad. The two statues guarded the entrance.
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A cast-iron model of an ass
on naturalistic base, Russian, late 19th/early 20th century -- 9¼in.(23.5cm.) wide; a bronze figure of the Farnese Hercules, after the Antique, 19th century; and a bronze model of an Assyrian human headed winged bull guardian figure, on rectangular marmo nero Belgio base, 19th century
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on naturalistic base, Russian, late 19th/early 20th century -- 9¼in.(23.5cm.) wide; a bronze figure of the Farnese Hercules, after the Antique, 19th century; and a bronze model of an Assyrian human headed winged bull guardian figure, on rectangular marmo nero Belgio base, 19th century
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