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LOT 0866
Luristan Bronze Zoomorphic Pin Finial
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (155 grams, 72 mm).
Substantial cast finial of a gryphon in recumbent pose, arched neck and beaked head, diagonal folded wing, legs folded beneath the body; attachment for the pin at the rump.
ProvenanceAcquired from Arte Primitivo, New York City, U.S.A., circa 2010.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
Accompanied by an original Bonham's catalogue page for an almost identical example.
Cf. Muscarella, O. W., Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.175, fig.282.
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