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.

Provenance

Ex Captaine Patrick Pakenham, Geneva, Switzerland, acquired in the 1960s-1970s, thence by succession.
Private collection.

Literature

Cf. Godard, F., The Art of Iran, London, 1965, fig.19, for similar.

CONDITION

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