WESTERN ASIATIC LURISTAN MASTER OF ANIMALS SCEPTRE FINIAL Late 2nd millennium BC A sceptre composed of two tubular bronze elements comprising: a lower section with stepped base, waisted grip, slender shaft with beaded collar and flange finial; an upper section with 'Master of Animals' figure with openwork legs, opposed beast-heads emerging from the shoulders, face with beaked nose, baluster above; mounted on a custom-made stand. 495 grams, 39.5cm (15 1/2"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of an Essex gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery; acquired in the 1980s. Literature Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, plate III, item 8.
WESTERN ASIATIC LURISTAN MASTER OF ANIMALS SCEPTRE FINIAL Late 2nd millennium BC A sceptre composed of two tubular bronze elements comprising: a lower section with stepped base, waisted grip, slender shaft with beaded collar and flange finial; an upper section with 'Master of Animals' figure with openwork legs, opposed beast-heads emerging from the shoulders, face with beaked nose, baluster above; mounted on a custom-made stand. 495 grams, 39.5cm (15 1/2"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of an Essex gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery; acquired in the 1980s. Literature Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, plate III, item 8.
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