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SUPERB SUMERIAN BULL BRONZE PROTOME WITH INLAID EYES.
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SUPERB SUMERIAN BULL BRONZE PROTOME WITH INLAID EYES.
Estimate £1,500 - £3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
SUPERB SUMERIAN BULL BRONZE PROTOME WITH INLAID EYES.
Ca. 2600 - 1350 BC. A bronze bull head protome with short curving horns, rounded ears and a broad projecting muzzle. The eyes are inlaid with white stone and lapis lazuli, set beneath sharply arched lids. A row of curled locks runs across the forehead, and the beard falls in a long rectangular panel ending in a line of rounded curls. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 47.100.81. Size: 110mm x 105mm; Weight: 515g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Germany; formerly with C. E. Schultze collection, Munich, late 1980s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
About the sale
FINE ANCIENT ART AND ANTIQUITIES - THE PRINCE COLLECTION
Auction location
Auction time
06/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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