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1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A LURISTAN BRONZE MASTER-OF-ANIMALS FINIAL
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Janiform, the central tube decorated with two stylized heads and terminating in a human torso, with arms grasping the necks of two flanking cocks, 7½ in. (19 cm.) high; another similar, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; another janiform bronze finial, the central tube decorated with ribbed bands, terminating with human head, flanking cocks either side, two goats standing on the curving hips below, 7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high; a tubular bronze mount, the long neck decorated with twin ibex heads, 7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high; another with twin ibex heads and janiform stylized heads, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; and another with lower edge and neck decorated with dotted and linear bands, 7 in. (18 cm.) high, all early 1st millennium B.C. (6)
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Janiform, the central tube decorated with two stylized heads and terminating in a human torso, with arms grasping the necks of two flanking cocks, 7½ in. (19 cm.) high; another similar, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; another janiform bronze finial, the central tube decorated with ribbed bands, terminating with human head, flanking cocks either side, two goats standing on the curving hips below, 7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high; a tubular bronze mount, the long neck decorated with twin ibex heads, 7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high; another with twin ibex heads and janiform stylized heads, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; and another with lower edge and neck decorated with dotted and linear bands, 7 in. (18 cm.) high, all early 1st millennium B.C. (6)
Provenance
Acquired in Europe in the early 1980s.
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