Lot 46
  • 46

Thirteen Persian Bronzes, circa 1000-800 B.C.

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Thirteen Persian Bronzes
  • Bronze
  • Heights of finials 7 3/4 , 6 1/2 , 6 1/2 , and 4 1/2 in. 19.2, 16.5, 16.5, and 11.4 cm.; pinhead 2 7/16 in. 6.2 cm; pin 6 5/8 in. 16.3 cm.; animals 1 1/8 to 1 5/8 in. 2.8 to 4.1 cm.
comprising three Luristan bronze “Master of the Animals” finials, a Luristan finial in the form of confronted rampant felines, a Luristan crescentic pinhead with deity flanked by feline heads, a Luristan pin with addorsed cocks-head finial, and seven small Luristan and Amlash figures of horses, bulls, and ibexes.

Provenance

probably Joseph Stieglitz, Tel Aviv, 1964, for at least three examples
the American sculptor Chaim Gross (1904-1991), New York, probably all acquired by 1964