Luristan Bronze “Mistress of Animals”

An ancient Luristan bronze standard finial in the form of a ‘Mistress of Animals’ figure. It features a stylized chest with birds as shoulders above which a helmeted figure displays prominent eyes and nose, with jewelry around its neck.

Ca. 1500 - 800 BC.
Height: 6 in. (15.2 cm).
cf.: Metropolitan Museum of Art inv. no. 30.97.5 and the Walters Art Museum, inv. no. 54.115 (there without the central male head).
Formerly in a St. Louis, Missouri private collection, acquired in 1964; previously with Norik Balassan in Chicago, Illinois.
Inv#: 8033
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$2,750

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