£12,600
Auction: 30 November 2022 at 14:00 GMT
obsidian and gold, the long body curving to a rounded base, with dual lugs below the shoulders overlaid with gold foil, the shoulders horizontal to the body and topped with the dic rim, also overlaid with thin gold sheet, presented on a bespoke mount
Reputedly from Byblos, found during the French mandate period.
Previously by repute in the Pharaon collection, Beirut, acquired circa 1930.
With Ur Nina Antiques Gallery, Beirut, originally acquired on 14th April 1969 (accompanied by a copy of the original 1969 invoice).
Private collection, Lebanon.
French art market.
With Charles Ede Ltd, London, June 2014 - March 2015 (accompanied by French cultural passport 154576).
With Ariadne Gallery, 2015, purchased from Charles Ede Ltd. at TEFAT Maastricht, March 2015.
Royal Private collection, acquired from the above in 2015.
Exhibited:
TEFAF Maastricht, 12th - 22nd March 2015 with Charles Ede Ltd
TEFAF Maastricht, 10th - 20th March 2016.
Published:
Catalogue 190, Charles Ede Ltd, 2015, No. 3.
Note:
For a similar example please see; Christie's, Antiquities, New York, 10th June 2010, lot 38, sold for $92,500 inc. premium.