LARGE URARTIAN BRONZE JUG WITH ANIMAL PROTOME

Ca. 900 - 700 BC. A bronze jug with a squat globular body set on short feet and a short neck terminating in a thick rounded rim. A zoomorphic spout in the shape of a horned animal forepart projects from the shoulder. Opposite, an arched handle joins the rim to the shoulder, its lower attachment cast with a human mask above a leaf-shaped escutcheon. The body is further decorated with circular bosses and fitted with loose rings suspended from projecting lugs. Size: 305mm x 280mm; Weight: 4.88kg Provenance: From a private London collection; purchased in Belgium; earlier part of a Dutch collection formed during the 1970s–1980s.

Estimate:£300

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