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LOT 0830
Luristan Bronze Fantastic Animal Terminal
13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (4 1/2 in.) (78 grams, 89 mm (224 grams total, 11.4 cm high including stand)).
Comprising a ring surmounted by a facing ibex head with the horns extending to two beast-heads emerging from the sides of the ring; small retaining ledge to the reverse; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex Parisian collection.
This piece likely formed part of a horse harness.
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Nebuchadnezzar, known as 'the Great', was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who reigned from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 B.C. to his own death in 562 B.C. He is often regarded as the empire's greatest ruler due to his military victories and his renovations at Babylon.
