270 NABATEAN BRONZE ENTHRONED BEARDED GOD, possibly a Neo-Punic representation of Baal. Made from two sections of hammered sheet, he is wrapped in a himation and holds a brick-like object in his left hand and a chalice in his right. Yemen, 1st Millennium BC. H. 7 7/8 in (19.4 cm.) Ex. N. collection, Paris. 271 LURISTAN BRONZE STANDARD WITH JANIFORM MASTER OF THE ANIMALS, bearded, wearing a kilt, and holding two capride protomes. Ca. 1000-650 BC. H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.); with socle 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) Ex J. Elliot collection, Tennessee. Exhibited: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, 1987-2001. 272 BACTRIAN BRONZE ELEPHANT AND RIDER The elephant wears a decorative harness and raises its trunk; rider has flattened head. The whole infilled with lead. A rare type. Ca. 1000-700 BC. H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, acquired at Christie’s, London, October 2000.
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