IRAN, CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

Details

AN AMLASH POTTERY STEATOPYGOUS FIGURE
IRAN, CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high

Provenance

with Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, acquired prior to 1980.
with Sakae Art Gallery, Japan.
Lord Anthony Jacobs (1931- 2014) collection, London; acquired from the above 3 August 1995.

Literature

G. Fehérvári et al., Art of the Eastern World, Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1996, p. 28, no. 11.

Special notice

The USA prohibits the purchase by US persons of Iranian-origin “works of conventional craftsmanship” such as carpets, textiles, decorative objects, and scientific instruments. The US sanctions apply to US persons regardless of the location of the transaction or the shipping intentions of the US person. For this reason, Christie’s will not accept bids by US persons on this lot. Non-US persons wishing to import this lot into the USA are advised that they will need to apply for an OFAC licence and that this can take many months to be granted.

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Lot Essay

For similar cf. O. White Muscarella, Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1974, no. 150.

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