Antique and rare anthropomorphic perfume bottle, the neck of the bottle is constituted by the neck of the female character melted in hollow and which constitutes the receptacle, a reported head was to constitute the stopper, here replaced by the care of Bernard Hector by a dried seed. Elam, Mesopotamia, middle of the 1st millennium B.C., present-day Iran Bronze, very beautiful green and red patina of oxidation of age, dried seed. H. 13.8 cm Provenance: - Former private collection, acquired in the 1960s. - Sale Pierre Bergé et Associés of May 26, 2011, lot 201. - Bernard Hector Collection.
Estimate
€2,500 - €3,500
Result
€6,144
Buyer's premium
28%
Antique and rare anthropomorphic perfume bottle, the neck of the bottle is constituted by the neck of the female character melted in hollow and which constitutes the receptacle, a reported head was to constitute the stopper, here replaced by the care of Bernard Hector by a dried seed.
Elam, Mesopotamia, middle of the 1st millennium B.C., present-day Iran
Bronze, very beautiful green and red patina of oxidation of age, dried seed.
H. 13.8 cm
Provenance:
- Former private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
- Sale Pierre Bergé et Associés of May 26, 2011, lot 201.
- Bernard Hector Collection.
Sale
Friday 10 June 2022・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 14 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris