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.

CONDITION

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