Lot 1578

Western Asiatic Luristan Bull Whetstone Finial

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Western Asiatic Luristan Two-Piece Finial: 9th-8th century BC. A pair of bronze elements from a staff or sceptre comprising: a tube with open sides and notched wings; a bell-shaped fitting with ribbed panel to the rim, shaft with ribbed collar

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Western Asiatic Luristan Two-Part Finial: 9th-8th century BC. A pair of bronze elements from a staff or sceptre comprising: a tube with raised collars, two addorsed human masks and domed finial; a bell-shaped fitting with ribbed panel to the

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Western Asiatic Luristan Master of Animals Finial: 13th-6th century BC. A bronze bifacial openwork finial formed as two opposed felines with socket mouths to top and bottom, looped tails below. 98 grams, 91mm (3 3/4"). From an important private London

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Western Asiatic Luristan Dagger: 13th-6th century BC. A bronze dagger or dirk with parallel-sided blade, broad midrib, lower guard with flange shoulders and grip, T-shaped finial. See Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran. The Br

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Western Asiatic Luristan Ibex Terminal: 13th-7th century BC. A bronze finial comprising a ring with two rearing ibexes facing each other, their forelegs conjoined into a second ring, horns recurved with knop detailing. 50 grams, 87mm (3 1/2

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Western Asiatic Luristan Bell: 13th-6th century BC. A hollow-formed bronze rumbler bell with ribbed exterior, bull-head with bulbous eyes and crescent horns. 36 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Mayfair lady; formerly in an impor

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Western Asiatic Luristan Sceptre Part Group: Late 2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze elements for a sceptre comprising: a flat-section panel with ram-head finial; a tapering tube with ribbed collar, two addorsed human faces; a finial wit

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Western Asiatic Luristan Sceptre Stem with Masks: 13th-6th century BC. A bronze tubular element from a sceptre with ribbed collars, band of human masks with horse-heads(?) between, finial of two lion masks. 68 grams, 11cm (4 1/4") Private collection,

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Western Asiatic Luristan Bronze Short Sword: 13th-6th century BC. A bronze short sword with cylindrical hilt and triangular blade and tip; the hilt hollow with holes for the retaining pin for the organic finial; the blade with thick medial rib.

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Western Asiatic Luristan Axe Pendant: 2nd millennium BC. A bronze pendant formed as a labrys two-bladed axehead with three bands to each face connecting to the columnar shank with pierced arrow-head finial; old collector's acquisition lab

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Western Asiatic Luristan Pin with Goat: 8th century BC. A bronze dress pin with segmented finial surmounted by an ibex modelled in the round. 12.5 grams, 13cm (5"). Ex North London gentleman; formerly with Pars Antiques, London W1, in the 1

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Western Asiatic Luristan Poppy-Headed Dress Pin: 2nd millennium BC. A bronze pin with tapering round-section shank, ribbed detailing, bulbous collar and conical finial. 58 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a Guernsey collector; acquired in the UK in

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WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE DRESS PIN: Ca. 1200-550 BC A finely modelled ancient Luristan cast bronze pin, featuring a needle-shaped body terminating in a griffin-shaped finial. The animal is modelled in a stylised manner with emphasised f

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Western Asiatic Luristan Axehead with Roaring Lions: 1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with flaring blade decorated with a crouching lion with hooked axe shape coming out of its mouth; blade is attached to the haft by a lion head; haft decorated with

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Western Asiatic Luristan Bull Whetstone Finial

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13th-6th century BC. A hollow-cast bronze tapering socket with folded leg detail to the underside, slender curved neck, triangular head with pellet eyes and recurved horns; socket pierced for attachment. From the collection of a North West London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. Cf. Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, figs. 93, 94. 82 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2").