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THBLarge Ancient Bactrian Stone Aniconic Weight
Lot 124
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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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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Ancient Central Asia / Asia Minor, Bactria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A hefty weight of a sizable form, hand-carved from beige-hued stone with brown and white inclusions. The weight is defined by a flat base, a rounded, egg-shaped body, a tapered shoulder with a rounded top, and a pair of diagonally-drilled suspension holes that meet within the middle. Traces of red and white pigment suggest this weight was at one time painted with vivid pigment. Aniconic objects like this example were used as large-scale weights for accurate disbursement of quantities of foodstuffs or medicinal components, and were also used for various construction-related tasks, serving as a stabilization weight or a large plumb bob for example. Scholars also posit, however, that they could have also assumed ritual or funerary contexts. Size: 6.7" W x 7.25" H (17 cm x 18.4 cm).
A lot of two stylistically-similar examples, one of a slightly taller size, hammered for $10,000 at Christie's, New York "Antiquities" auction (sale 3798, December 9, 2015, lot 98): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ancient-art-antiquities/two-bactrian-stone-weights-circa-late-3rd-early-5958671-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5958671&sid=b8d2050d-d305-449d-8806-c6ff70ff90fa
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Florida, USA private collection
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#149184Minor nicks and abrasions to top, body, and base, with light encrustations, and fading to original pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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