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*COSMETIC VASE In the form of a seated male figure, his hands resting on his knees. The head is fitted with a small bronze rod from which the contents of the vase can be removed. Gilded bronze. 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm Bactria, late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. A Bactrian gold-foiled bronze anthropomorphic cosmetic vase. Depicted seated, his hands on his knees. On top of the head, thin bronze stick probably to extract the content of the vase. Late 3rd-2nd Millenium B.C.E. Provenance Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1984 Rassla Foundation, Zurich Publications G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e Mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Trebaseleghe (PD) 2008, p. 232 G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Sulla via delle Oasi, Trebaseleghe (PD) 2007, p. 291; G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Dea Madre, Milano 2006, p. 232. *For buyers from the European Union: This lot is sold under temporary import status. Buyers will only be charged an additional handling fee. No import VAT will be charged. Buyers inside European Union: The lot is sold under Temporary Import status. Buyers will only have to pay additional paperworks fees. No import VAT will be charged to them.
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*COSMETIC VASE In the form of a seated male figure, his hands resting on his knees. The head is fitted with a small bronze rod from which the contents of the vase can be removed. Gilded bronze. 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm Bactria, late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. A Bactrian gold-foiled bronze anthropomorphic cosmetic vase. Depicted seated, his hands on his knees. On top of the head, thin bronze stick probably to extract the content of the vase. Late 3rd-2nd Millenium B.C.E. Provenance Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London, 1984 Rassla Foundation, Zurich Publications G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e Mito nel Vicino Oriente Antico, Trebaseleghe (PD) 2008, p. 232 G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Sulla via delle Oasi, Trebaseleghe (PD) 2007, p. 291; G. Ligabue e G. Rossi Osmida, Dea Madre, Milano 2006, p. 232. *For buyers from the European Union: This lot is sold under temporary import status. Buyers will only be charged an additional handling fee. No import VAT will be charged. Buyers inside European Union: The lot is sold under Temporary Import status. Buyers will only have to pay additional paperworks fees. No import VAT will be charged to them.
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