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LOT 1414
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.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection.
with ArtAncient Ltd, 2013.
Private collection, London.
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.
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