Lot 69
LURISTAN BRONZE FIGURE
NEAR EAST, C. 1000 - 800 B.C.
Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
Description
cast bronze, the stylised figure with janus head, perforated through the centre, likely intended for use as a finial, the feline legs shown with an exaggerated broadness at the hips, prominent genitals, the arms clasped together at the narrow waist, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
8.5cm tall
Provenance
Provenance:
The Paul Strickland collection of Lorestan art, acquired from the below 20th July 1984, to be accompanied by the original invoice
Rupert Wace, Faustus Fine Art, 90 Jermyn Street, London
Footnote
The present piece demonstrates the melding of human and animal characteristics that was common in ancient Luristan art. It likely served as the finial at the top of a standard, as such, this image of a mythical beast or deity is likely to have possessed talismanic properties.