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CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A PAIR OF LURISTAN BRONZE CHEEK-PIECES
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Each in the form of a winged feline-form monster, walking forward on an integral groundline, the body perforated for the now-missing bit, a loop above the neck and above the haunches
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long (2)
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Each in the form of a winged feline-form monster, walking forward on an integral groundline, the body perforated for the now-missing bit, a loop above the neck and above the haunches
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1985, lot 135.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. V, part 1, no. 85).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. V, part 1, no. 85).
Literature
J.M. Eisenberg and R.S. Bianchi, Catalogue of the Egyptian and Near Eastern Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York, 1992, nos. 88-36 and 88-37.