CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.

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A PIRAVEND BRONZE FEMALE FIGURE
CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing on short globular legs, her rectangular torso with rounded breasts, her arms extended upward, her large diamond-shaped head with circular eye holes open to the hollow interior, a pronounced nose, her lips parted, the chin rounded, with knob-like ears and modeled brows with incised hatching
7 3/8 in. (18.4 cm.) high

Provenance

David David-Weill (1871-1952), Paris.
Bronzes Antiques des Steppes et de L'Iran, Hôtel Drouot, M. Charles Ratton, 28-29 June 1972, lot 204.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1989.

Literature

P. Amiet, Collection David-Weill, Les Antiquite´s du Luristan, Paris, 1976, pp. 94-5, no. 204.

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Lot Essay

Piravend bronzes take their name from the village in western Iran where the first examples were said to have been discovered. For related bronzes see nos. 575-587 in P.R.S. Moorey, et al., Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics and Seals, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic and European Art.

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