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THREE LURISTAN BRONZE OBJECTS
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Including a cheek piece cast in the form of a horse with decorative collars around the neck and bands around the legs and body, attachment loops above; a harness ring with the head of an ibex whose sweeping horns touch the backs of two predatory felines; and a vessel handle cast in the form of a lion with a long, curved neck and open mouth, a smaller lion on its back, the fore-paws originally pinned to the rim of a vessel
5 3/4 in. (14.7 cm.) for the longest (3)
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Including a cheek piece cast in the form of a horse with decorative collars around the neck and bands around the legs and body, attachment loops above; a harness ring with the head of an ibex whose sweeping horns touch the backs of two predatory felines; and a vessel handle cast in the form of a lion with a long, curved neck and open mouth, a smaller lion on its back, the fore-paws originally pinned to the rim of a vessel
5 3/4 in. (14.7 cm.) for the longest (3)
Provenance
Collection of Mrs. Edward M.M. Warburg
Literature
Pope, A, A Survey of Persian Art, vol. VII, 1938-39, pl. 67A for the handle. See also pl. 37B for the other half of this cheek piece.