6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ACHAEMENID BRONZE IBEX FOREPART TERMINAL
6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
With forelegs tucked beneath body, head lowered with backward curving horns, remains of iron core at end of tang, 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) long; an Amlash bronze horse pendant, standing with wide muzzle, and bulbous eyes, pierced for suspension, early 1st millennium B.C., 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long; and an Amlash bronze zebu, attachment holes at back of head and through the body, circa 1200-800 B.C., 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) long (3)

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1981, I, no. 15 (item two); and Animals, 1986, II, no. 16 (item three).

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