LURISTAN BRONZE SCEPTRE FINIAL
LURISTAN BRONZE SCEPTRE FINIAL
‘Master of the Animals’ finial. Tube cast in the shape of two rampant felines ‘in profile’, symmetrical forms, at each side large prominent eye in small heads, curved bodies, crooked legs; set on top of bell-shaped tapering stand
Ex priv. coll. S. F. Y, New York, 1974; hence with Arte Primitivo, New York 2004
H. 24 cm. Brown and green patina. Mounted
9th – 8th cent. BC
Cf. P.R.S. Moorey, Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1971, no. 173 var., pl. 33
€ 3.950