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Lot 48*

An Iranian pottery cockerel

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Iranian pottery cockerel
Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.
The rounded body set on cylindrical flaring foot, two bronze bells hanging from each of the two wattles, with defined cock's comb and tail feathers, 23.5cm high

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Provenance:
Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.

This lot was featured in the short films 'Britain and Amlash', 'Danzinger and Amlash', 'Dubiner and Amlash', 'China and Persia', 'Birds and Man and 'Amlash and India', all of which were part of the series made in the 1970s called The Amlash Connection, written and narrated by Sam Dubiner, filmed and directed by Shlomo Soriano. It also appeared in the feature film The Amlash Enchanted Forest, written by Sam Dubiner and directed by Shlomo Soriano. This film was selected for the Berlin Film Festival in 1974.

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