Lot Essay
Cf. P. R. S. Moorey, Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection, London, 1974, pp. 123-124, nos. 96-98 for similar.
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EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A LURISTAN BRONZE OPENWORK PIN TERMINAL
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
The crescentic frame terminating in feline animal heads, the central female deity, possibly Mistress-of-the-Animals, with prominent breasts, horns emerging from her head, her arms upraised, two inverted feline animals flanking her on either side
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
The crescentic frame terminating in feline animal heads, the central female deity, possibly Mistress-of-the-Animals, with prominent breasts, horns emerging from her head, her arms upraised, two inverted feline animals flanking her on either side
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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