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Lot 7

A Luristan bronze Master of Animals standard finial

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,550 inc. premium

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A Luristan bronze Master of Animals standard finial
Circa 8th Century B.C.
Depicting a human figure seizing the necks of two mythological demonic creatures, a pair of bird heads and a human head beneath, 19.4cm high

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1972, lot 58.
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired at the above sale.

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