Luristan Bronze Ribbed Macehead

13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

3 1/4 in. (7 1/2 in.) (367 grams, 83 mm (633 grams total, 19 cm high including stand)).

Of Sara Gorz type with cylindrical shaft extended over the top, rounded knobs around the swollen head, flanked by horizontal grooved bands; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

English private collection.
with ArtAncient Ltd, 2013.
Private collection, London.

Literature

Cf. Musé Cernuschi, Bronzes du Luristan: Enigmes De L'Iran Ancien IIIe-Ier millenaire ac. j.-c., Paris musées, 2008, p.103, for a comparable item.

CONDITION

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