CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.

細節

A SOUTH ARABIAN OR PARTHIAN BRONZE IBEX
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Possibly from an incense burner, the outstretched animal with incised details of coat along spine and ruff on chest, with alert ears and large ribbed horns, finely incised eyes and short muzzle, remains of rim attached by a strut emerging from the animal's lower chest
6¼ in. (16 cm.) long

來源

Formerly in a private collection, Germany, 1976-1978.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Cf. S. Simpson (ed.), Queen of Sheba, Treasures from Ancient Yemen, The British Museum, London, 2002, p. 135, no. 167 for a similar style ibex on a bronze lamp; also, A. Caubert and M. Bernus-Taylor, Near Eastern Antiquities, The Louvre, Paris, 1991, p. 69 for another South Arabian lamp with ibex handle (AO 4692).