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A BACTRIAN TRAVERTINE BOWL, LATE 3RD TO EARLY 2ND MILLENIUM BC
奥地利 北京时间
2023年03月10日 开拍
拍品描述
A BACTRIAN TRAVERTINE BOWL, LATE 3RD TO EARLY 2ND MILLENIUM BC
Published: Massimo Vidale, Treasures from the Oxus. The Art and Civilization of Central Asia, London/New York, 2017, p. 59, no. 51, described as a truncated cone-shaped bowl in banded calcite or travertine.

Oxus Civilization. The deep conical sides supported on a slightly rounded base and rising to an everted rim above a short waisted section. The stone of a beautiful cream color with faint veins of amber.

Provenance
: Bruno Cooper, Norwich, United Kingdom, 2009. Paolo Bertuzzi, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Bruno Cooper, Norwich, dated 18 October 2009, describing the piece as a Bactrian truncated cone-shaped bowl in travertine, dating it to the 3rd millennium BC, and stating a purchase price of EUR 1,800 or approx. EUR 2,400 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot. Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022) was a fashion stylist from Bologna, Italy. He was the son of Enrichetta Bertuzzi, founder of Hettabretz, a noted Italian fashion company with customers such as the Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Paolo Bertuzzi later took over his mother’s business and designed exclusive pieces, some of which were exhibited in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA. He was also an avid collector of antiques for more than 60 years. His collection includes both archaic and contemporary art, and he edited two important books about Asian art, Goa Made - An Archaeological Discovery, about a large-scale archaeological project carried out with the Italian and Indonesian governments, and Majapahit, Masterpieces from a Forgotten Kingdom.
Condition: Very good condition with old wear, few minuscule chips to the rim, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, and natural fissures, some of which may have developed into hairline cracks.

Weight: 825.2 g
Dimensions: Diameter 16.3 cm

The Oxus Civilization or Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC), recently dated to c. 2250-1700 BC, is the modern archaeological designation for a Bronze Age civilization of Central Asia, previously dated to c. 2400-1900 BC, by Sandro Salvatori, in its urban phase or integration era. Though it may be called the "Oxus civilization", apparently centered on the upper Amu Darya (Oxus River) in Bactria, most of the BMAC's urban sites are actually located in Margiana (modern Turkmenistan) on the Murghab river delta and the Kopet Dagh mountain range. There are a few later sites in northern Bactria (c. 1950–1450 BC), the territory of southern Uzbekistan, but they are mostly graveyards belonging to the BMAC-related Sapalli culture. A single BMAC site, known as Dashli, lies in southern Bactria, the territory of northern Afghanistan. Sites found further east, in southwestern Tajikistan, though contemporary with the main BMAC sites in Margiana, are only graveyards, with no urban developments associated with them. BMAC sites were discovered and named by the Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi when he was excavating in northern Afghanistan between 1969 and 1979. Sarianidi's excavations revealed numerous monumental structures in many sites, fortified by impressive walls and gates. Reports on the BMAC were mostly confined to Soviet journals. A journalist from The New York Times wrote in 2001 that during the years of the Soviet Union, the findings were largely unknown to the West until Sarianidi's work began to be translated in the 1990s.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related marble bowl, with a similar waisted section below the rim, dated ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BC, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1983.535.4.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 11 December 2003, lot 99
Price: USD 7,170 or approx. EUR 11,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Bactrian banded calcite-alabaster bowl, circa late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC
Expert remark: Compare the related form, material, and size (17.5 cm). Note the vibrant bands and thin walls.

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