Sale
15941 - Antiquities, 15 Oct 2008
New Bond Street
Please note: any lots marked with a 'W' are dsignated as heavy items and will be available for collection at our New Bond Street saleroom until 5pm on Thurs 16 October after which they will be sent to Fine Art Logistics Ltd for storage offsite. They will be available for collection there from Monday 20 October until Wed 29 October after which storage charges will apply.
Lot No: 207W
A pair of Etruscan bronze chariot wheels
Circa 6th-4th Centuries B.C.
The hollow circular rims of hoop form, each wheel composed of six rim sections, of u-shaped cross-section for insertion over wooden wheels, each section with three pairs of inward facing riveted double tabs, some rivets now missing, 35½in (92cm) diam, mounted
Sold for £19,200 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
Footnote:
Provenance:
Property of a private British gentleman, acquired at Olympia Fine Art Fair in 2003.
Literature:
For a similar pair of chariot wheels in an exhibition at the Palazzo dei Papi in Viterbo, from 24th May 1997 to 31st January 1998, cf. A. Emiliozzi (ed.), Carri Da Guerra E Principi Etruschi, (Viterbo), pl. XXVII and XXVIII, p. 255, fig. 24.
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| It has been suggested that these wheels are Elamite, circa late 2nd millennium B.C. A similar wheel from Choqa Zanbil can be seen in the National Museum of Iran, Tehran. |
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