Western Asiatic Pottery Bowl with Two Idols
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C. Hemispherical bowl with two pinched lamps to the rim, inner face with two facing ladders, central rectangular recess with two integral bird figures, two anthropoid females placed against the sidewall; outer face with carinated rim and circumferential bands. 1.38 kg, 22 cm wide (8 5/8 in.).
Collected by the previous vendor's father in the early 1970s.Acquired from Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.353.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original Bonhams lot tag.
[No Reserve]
Price realized | 650 GBP |
Starting price | 5 GBP |
Estimate | 400 GBP |