Ancient Luristan (modern day Iran) Master of the Animals mythological bronze standard finial, circa 9th to 7th century BC, the central figure with a Janus head flanked by stylized animals. 8" H. Provenance: Property from an Upper East Side estate of Y.R. who passed away in his nineties and seems to have collected in the 1970s.

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