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ASSYRIAN ARMLET

$650.00

IX-VIII century B.C.

Cast bronze. Heavy oval hoop with overlapping ends, terminated with bull calf heads, which are realistically modeled with prominent forehead, round convex eyes and ears pressed to the head. Multiple depressed collar lines on outside of the hoop. L. 4.2″ (10.6 cm), W. 3.5″ (9 cm).
See: Maxwell-Hyslop K. R. Western Asiatic Jewellery, c.3000-612 B.C. W&T Mackay&Co Ltd, Chatham, Kent, 1971, pg. 246, 250,251.

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