LURISTAN, LARGE CAST BRONZE FINIAL

LURISTAN, LARGE CAST BRONZE FINIAL

‘Potnia Theron’ or ‘Master of Animals’ type, anthropomorphic tube flanked by rampant animals; two human faces on the tube, beaked bird heads, original pin inside

Ex priv. coll. D. W., Netherlands 1990s
H. 26 cm. Dark green patina. Mounted.

8th – 7th cent. BC

Cf. P.R.DS. Moorey, Catalogue of the Ancient Pwersian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1971, p.157, nos. 178-179