Lot 34
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AN IRANIAN BRONZE MOUFLON
AN IRANIAN BRONZE MOUFLON

Details
AN IRANIAN BRONZE MOUFLON
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

With large backward-sweeping horns, the hollow body with three long vertical slits on the ribcage and two slits on the neck, the legs angled forward on an integral base
4 in. (10.16 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Mrs. Edward M.M. Warburg

Lot Essay

A similar bronze mouflon from the Ternbach collection and another in the Louvre each have a loose ball within the rib cage which was meant to rattle. See no. 49 in Merhav, A Glimpse into the Past, the Joseph Ternbach Collection.