SUMERIAN RITUAL VASE
JEMDET NASR PERIOD, 3100 - 2900 B.C.
£7,560
Auction: Day Two: 17 November 2022 | From 10:00
Description
carved limestone, standing on a flat base, gently flaring body carved with an energetic scene of two lions attacking a bull carved in high relief, the lip recessed
Dimensions
11.5cm high
Provenance
Published: Sotheby's, Western Asiatic Cylinder Seals and Antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part 1), London, Thursday 9th July 1992, lot 273.
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Professor Hans and Mrs Marie-Louise Erlenmeyer, Basel, acquired between 1943 and the early 1960s.
Sotheby's, Western Asiatic Cylinder Seals and Antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part 1), London, Thursday 9th July 1992, lot 273.
For similar please see: Christie's, Antiquities: The Property of Mr and Mrs Martin R.E. Stansfeld, London, 25th April 2007, lot 122.