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THBFine Western Asiatic Dagestan Bronze Male Adorant
Lot 55
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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May 19, 2022
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Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring a very special collection of Fine Art from the Hollywood Hills, including Picasso & Rookwood ceramics! Also included are many fine examples of classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Western Asia, northwestern shores of the Caspian Sea, Dagestan region, ca. 8th to 6th century BCE. A lovely example of a hollow-cast bronze male adorant figure presenting nude with an exposed phallus while standing atop delineated legs. Covered in thick layers of brown and green patina, the figure holds lengthy arms out to his sides, each hand with outstretched fingers and thumbs stretching towards and conjoining to the side of the head and upper neck. The petite head bears large eyes, a prominent nose, full lips above a protruding chin, and a backswept coiffure that culminates in a rectangular knob along the verso. Size: 1.7" W x 2.25" H (4.3 cm x 5.7 cm); 2.625" H (6.7 cm) on included custom stand.
Cf. "Archaologie der Sowjetunion vom Altertum bis zum Mittelalter." Bronzezeit Mittelasiens und des Kaukasus, Verkag Nauka, 1992, fig. 50 ff.
See also B.E. Markovin. "Bronze 'Amulets' From the Caucasus Mountains and their Adorants." Eurasian Antiquities, Moscow, 1999.
Provenance: ex-Royal Athena Galleries; ex-private French collection, acquired on the Paris art market in 2008
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#171568Possible repair and restoration to proper left thumb and area where it meets the head, but expertly done if present. Small losses to tips of fingers on proper left hand as shown, and petite perforation to side of calf on proper right leg. Minor abrasions and encrustations commensurate with age, with softening to some finer details particularly on face, and very slight bending to overall form of arms and body. Great patina throughout.Condition
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