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LOT 1070
Luristan Miniature Bronze Ibex
8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 in. (43 grams, 58 mm).
Standing with left front leg slightly bent, crested head, detailed muzzle, raised tail, loop to the back; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. Engel, N. et al., Bronzes du Luristan: Énigmes de l'Iran Ancien IIIe-Ier millénaire av.J-C., Paris, 2008, item 103; see also the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, accession number 72.45, for a similar example; Muscarella, O. W., Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 293, for type.
Footnotes
Pendants in the form of animals, mostly goats or mouflons, but also horses or other equids, are quite common among the corpus of the Luristan pendants.
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