Lot n° 255
Estimation :
500 - 700
EUR
Mirror of circular shape, with an anthropomorphic handle rep - Lot 255
Mirror of circular shape, with an anthropomorphic handle representing the body of a figure with arms touching the hips, the head merging with the disc.
Bactrian, 3rd millennium B.C.
D: 16.8cm
Bibliography: Protohistoric Bactria. P. Amiet.
Collection of M. Carbonnel.
Jean-Pierre Carbonnel (1937-2002).
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Eminent scientist, he devoted his career to research in the field of geology and hydrology, in South-East Asia as well as in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
In 1973, he was appointed Director of the permanent scientific mission of the C.N.R.S. in Afghanistan, where he remained until 1979. It was then that he acquired the numerous pieces that constitute his collection of Bactrian objects.
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