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.
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Lot no. 14

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