LOT 6 A Luristan ‘standard’ or finial, made for mounting on a wooden stick, South West Iran, 9th-early 7th
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A Luristan ‘standard’ or finial, made for mounting on a wooden stick, South West Iran, 9th-early 7th century B.C., cast bronze made by the lost-wax method, two-sided and depicting to upper section a Janus head gripping two animals which are about to bite him, the bands round his waist may have mimicked bands which bound the figurine to the wooden stick, the lower half includes legs both of the animals and the man, 20.8cm. Provenance: Acquired by Eric Crowe, son of diplomat Sir Eyre Crowe (1864-1925), when he was posted to Tehran as a British diplomat between 1939-41 and thence by descent to Sir Brian Crowe (1938-2020) and family. Please refer to department for condition report
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