CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A LURISTAN BRONZE SPOUTED JAR
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
The globular body on a disk foot, with a cylindrical neck, a flaring rim and a curving spout terminating in the head of a lion, the details incised, with a small frontal mask behind the feline ears, two concentric rows of bosses encircling the spout, pinned in place, a winged bearded male figure with outstretched arms on the body opposite the spout, the wings terminating in lion heads
6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) high, including spout

Provenance

with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

For a vessel with a related winged figure in the Louvre, see pl. 63 in A. Pope and P. Ackerman eds., A Survey of Persian Art, volume VII. For an example with a similar lion-head spout, see no. 347, in O.W. Muscarella, Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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