7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

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A PERSIAN BRONZE HANDLE IN THE FORM OF AN IBEX
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
The leaping ibex with knobbed terminals on the horns, mounted, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; a bronze pendant with four ibex head protomes around the base, two further heads at top of central ribbed stem, attachment ring above, early 1st millennium B.C., 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high; a Luristan bronze standard finial with confronted rampant goats, early 1st millennium B.C., 3 5/8 in. (9.1 cm.) high; a Roman bronze gazelle pendant, standing with three pendant bells below the base, with circle decoration, a suspension loop on shoulder, 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high; and two other similar gazelle pendants, bells missing, 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high max., 1st-2nd Century A.D. or earlier (6)

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, nos. 236 and 244 (items four and one). It is noted that similar pendants to item four have been found at Dura-Europus, where they were used either on necklaces or as earring drops; these types of pendants can be of Roman date or earlier.

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