Iron Age Seated Stone Warrior 9th-6th Century BC

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Iron Age Seated Stone Warrior 9th-6th Century BCThis small yet powerful artefact, primitively carved from stone with, depicts a seated warrior and likely dates to the Iron Age, between the 9th and 6th centuries BCE (900600 BCE), a period shaped by the influence of the Neo Assyrian and Neo Babylonian empires in the Near East. The figure embodies an evocative blend of martial and agrarian symbolism. Martial elements, such as the dagger and arrows in the warriors belt, represent strength, power, and

The lower section of the cross is densely populated with symbolic instruments of the Passion

Large French stone composite Acanthus leaf urn

everted rim

Carved in oak around 1470–1520

An important early and rare

The urn has wear and patina appropriate to age

with the upper coat a strong blue

Housed in an early clear-glass spirits bottle—almost certainly once used for schnapps or fruit brandy—the piece contains a carefully constructed wooden crucifix built inside the vessel through the narrow neck

Centuries later we can only imagine what the Angels were announcing the arrival of

Plinth is 57cm h x 31cm d x 31cm w

Depicting an idealistic representation of Renaissance soldiers wearing Ancient Roman ‘cingulum’ - an apron like or skirt like arrangement of leather straps often set with metal disks

the yacht carries a deeply evocative surface

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