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LOT 0244
Luristan Bronze Finial with Master of Animals
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
7 3/4 in. (213 grams total, 19.7 cm including stand).
A bifacial sceptre head formed as a 'Master of Animals' atop a collared tubular stem, comprising two slender crescentic arms representing slender beasts with ridged backs and roaring mouths, each in the grip of the Master standing crowned between them; the Master with tubular body, animal-like ears, prominent nose above a small mouth and wearing a neck ring and domed headdress; mounted on a display stand.
ProvenanceEx Capitaine Patrick Pakenham, Geneva, Switzerland, acquired in the 1960s-1970s, thence by succession.
Private collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Godard, F., The Art of Iran, London, 1965, fig.19, for similar.
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LOT 0244
Luristan Bronze Finial with Master of Animals
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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