Lot 166
166
A GREEK BRONZE VOTIVE MACE HEAD
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 2… Read more
A GREEK BRONZE VOTIVE MACE HEAD

PERHAPS FROM CARIA, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A GREEK BRONZE VOTIVE MACE HEAD
PERHAPS FROM CARIA, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
With ram's head protome, with long slender neck, curling horns, applied disc eyes and gaping slit-like mouth, the attachment shaft with incised triangular decoration around each collar, inscribed on right side with Carian script
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
Provenance
The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquried prior to 1970.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

Sign in
View condition report

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, p. 26, no. 51.

More from Antiquities

View All
View All