AN ACHAEMENID BRONZE BOWL
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
AN ACHAEMENID BRONZE BOWL

CIRCA 550-330 B.C.

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AN ACHAEMENID BRONZE BOWL
CIRCA 550-330 B.C.
Of rounded form with inverted rim, the interior with the figure of a standing winged bull in shallow relief, the head lowered as if ready to charge, with alert ears and lowered horns, the wings held erect with three rows of feathers, the forelegs together, the left hind leg advanced
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
with Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 1965.
The Alsdorf Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 9 June 2004, lot 88.
Private collection, France.
Sale room notice
This Lot is Withdrawn.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Royal Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, December 1965, p. 63, no. 109.

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