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CIRCA 11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
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A LURISTAN BRONZE SITULA
CIRCA 11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
The cylindrical body slightly waisted, tapered with rosette on the base and knobbed foot, the central scene depicting two winged eagle-headed genii, each anointing the central 'Tree of Life' and carrying a bucket in left hand, the sacred tree in a spherical vase with emerging streams of water at either side, a band of guilloche around the rim with petals above and below the scene
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
The cylindrical body slightly waisted, tapered with rosette on the base and knobbed foot, the central scene depicting two winged eagle-headed genii, each anointing the central 'Tree of Life' and carrying a bucket in left hand, the sacred tree in a spherical vase with emerging streams of water at either side, a band of guilloche around the rim with petals above and below the scene
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Property from a Princely collection, acquired in the 1960s.
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