216 BACTRIAN COQUILLACEOUS LIMESTONE PATERA, with broad lip and highly polished top. Rare in this material. Late 3rd-earlier 2nd Millennium BC. D. 12 1/4 (31.1 cm.) Ex French private collection acquired in the 1980s; American private collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in July 2004. 217 BACTRIAN TERRACOTTA GROUP: TWO EQUESTRIAN ACROBATS, said to have been found in Uzbekistan. 2nd Millennium BC. L. 9 3/8 in. (24 cm.); H. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) Very rare and lively depiction. Ex French private collection acquired in the 1980s, dispersed in the Drouot, November 2007. 218 SOUTHWEST CASPIAN BRONZE STYLIZED HORSE AND RIDER with hollow body, ridged tail, notched ornamentation, and grooved mane. The nude rider seated side-saddle with hands crossed over the abdomen. Kelardeshet, ca. 8th Century BC. L. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) Ex John Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1990; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Sotheby’s, New York, in December 2007. 219 WESTERN ASIATIC GILT BRONZE FINIAL WITH A RECUMBENT BUCK, atop a sphere; probably from a brooch. The Steppes, 6th-4th Century BC. H. 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) Ex H. collection, Munich, Germany, acquired on the London art market in the 1970s.
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