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A substantial Scythian bronze terminal, circa 7th century B.C., with openwork bell, surmounted...
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A substantial Scythian bronze terminal,
circa 7th century B.C.,
with openwork bell, surmounted...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).
Lot 68
Description
A substantial Scythian bronze terminal,
circa 7th century B.C.,
with openwork bell, surmounted by a griffin’s head, with side loop for attachment, 30cm high
Provenance: Private English collection, acquired in the 1990s; Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (part 1), 11 November 2020, lot 44.
Lot Footnotes
For a similar bronze terminal, cf. St John Simpson and Svetlana Pankova, Scythians warriors of ancient Siberia (British Museum 2017), pp254-255, no.178.
The function of these terminals or “pole tops” is unclear, but they appeared to play a role in funerary rituals and were probably attached to horses and carts. While the designs vary, all other excavated examples contain small bells or balls within a hollow cage. The earliest type of such bells had their origins in the Western Zhou Dynasty in China (circa 1046-771 B.C.). The griffin heads share some features with examples from Eastern Greece.
Fees & VAT
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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.
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