Lot Essay
For another lion head protome which was originally part of the decoration of the temple of Shamash (known as 'Shining Temple') at Sippar in southern Iraq, see British Museum inv. No. 91678.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE AGAZAR BROTHERS, FRANCE
A NEO-ASSYRIAN LIMESTONE LION HEAD PROTOME
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A NEO-ASSYRIAN LIMESTONE LION HEAD PROTOME
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
With custom-made wood base designed and stamped by Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951).
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn.
Barbier-Mueller collection, Geneva.
Archéologie, arts d'Orient: collection Barbier-Mueller et à divers, Boisgirard, Paris, 16 novembre 2007, lot 49.
Archéologie, Pierre Bergé, Paris, 1 June 2012, lot 148.
with Galerie David Ghezelbash, Paris, 2017.
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn.
Barbier-Mueller collection, Geneva.
Archéologie, arts d'Orient: collection Barbier-Mueller et à divers, Boisgirard, Paris, 16 novembre 2007, lot 49.
Archéologie, Pierre Bergé, Paris, 1 June 2012, lot 148.
with Galerie David Ghezelbash, Paris, 2017.
Brought to you by
Claudio Corsi
Specialist, Head of Department