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CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A GROUP OF MAINLY LURISTAN BRONZES
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Comprising two bronze cheek pieces, each in the form of a standing bull with head turned towards the front with curving horns, mounted, 4 in. (10 cm.) long max.; three bronze kohl-jars each with three bosses in the form of animal heads, 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high max.; a bronze rattle, the openwork cage with six twisted bars, surmounted with a goat head, 5¼ in. (13 cm.) high; a bronze pin, the head surmounted with the standing figure of a goat, with bell-shaped stand, mounted, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) long max.; a bronze pendant in the form of two goats back-to-back, with suspension loop between, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; a bronze goat, standing four-square with suspension loop on back, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long; a bronze deer on integral square base, with head turned round to groom flank, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) long; and a Roman silver gazelle pendant, standing on pierced base (pendant bells now missing), with circle decoration on body and suspension loop at back, 1st-2nd Century A.D. or earlier, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high (11)
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Comprising two bronze cheek pieces, each in the form of a standing bull with head turned towards the front with curving horns, mounted, 4 in. (10 cm.) long max.; three bronze kohl-jars each with three bosses in the form of animal heads, 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high max.; a bronze rattle, the openwork cage with six twisted bars, surmounted with a goat head, 5¼ in. (13 cm.) high; a bronze pin, the head surmounted with the standing figure of a goat, with bell-shaped stand, mounted, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) long max.; a bronze pendant in the form of two goats back-to-back, with suspension loop between, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; a bronze goat, standing four-square with suspension loop on back, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long; a bronze deer on integral square base, with head turned round to groom flank, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) long; and a Roman silver gazelle pendant, standing on pierced base (pendant bells now missing), with circle decoration on body and suspension loop at back, 1st-2nd Century A.D. or earlier, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high (11)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s-1980s.
Special notice
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