3 Ancient Bronzes & 1 Ancient Greek Pelike
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Description
1st item: Ancient bronze statuette depicting a deity, possibly the Sumerian goddess Lama, wearing a long tiered robe and a horned tiara with outstretched arms on a decorative pedestal. May have been mounted to wooden base with "Jerusalem" in Hebrew ascribed on top. Statuette - 3 3/4" H x 1 7/8" W x 1 3/8" D. Base - 7/8" H x 2 1/2" W x 2" D. 2nd item: Ancient bronze statuette, possibly Roman, depicting a young nude boy in a contrapposto stance. Mounted to a wooden base. Statuette - 2 5/8" H x 1" W x 1" D. Base - 1 3/8" H x 1 3/4" W x 1 3/4" D. Overall - 4" H. 1st-3rd century A.D. 3rd item: Ancient Greek pottery pelike with red-figure style decorations of two female profiles. 6 3/8" H x 4" W x 4" D. 5th-3rd century B.C. 4th item: Ancient Egyptian bronze statuette depicting the god Osiris-Neper, the god of agriculture, wearing the crown of Upper Egypt with a uraeus (cobra) on his brow and a false beard, holding the crook and flail in crossed hands. Mounted to a wooden base. Statuette - 4 1/2" H x1 5/8" W x 1 3/8" D. Base - 1 1/4" H x 2 5/8" W x 2 5/8" D. Overall - 5 1/2" H. Third Intermediate Period. Provenance: East Tennessee collection, by descent from Edwin V. Hill, M.D., deceased 1969. Dr. Hill was a faculty member of Tufts and Harvard Medical Schools and served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition
1st and 2nd items: Oxidation to surface of bronze. 3rd item: 2 1/4" section of rim broken. Paint and clay chipped, largest 1" area of woman's face, on surface of body. Cracks, largest 1" area base of handle, on surface of body. Areas of dirt encrustations. 4th item: 1/4" chip to bronze, right of crown. Oxidation to surface of bronze.
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3 Ancient Bronzes & 1 Ancient Greek Pelike
Estimate $400 - $450
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