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LOT 0240
Western Asiatic Bronze Finial with Animals
1200-800 B.C.
14 1/8 in. (860 grams total, 36 cm including stand).
A bifacial sceptre head formed as a collared tubular stem with bulb foot; above, two opposed ibexes with segmented horns and coiled beards each attacked from behind by a mountain lion with gaping jaws, slender body and ropework tail; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenancewith Manouchehr Soleiman Aaron, Tehran, 1967.
Brought to the U.S. prior to 1974.
American private collection.
with Christie’s, New York, 7 December 2011, no.16.
European private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12873-241699.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Chausidis, N., Luristan Standards, iconography semiotics and purpose, Skopje, 2022, p.50, nos.4-5, for similar.
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