Western Asiatic Luristan Twin Ibex Sceptre Head

2nd millennium BC. A bronze sceptre top comprising: a waisted and balustered bronze tube with flared mouth and everted flange; an opposed pair of ibexes(?) with feet and forelimbs each forming a ring.

13th-6th century BC. A hollow-cast bronze tapering socket with folded leg detail to the underside, short curved neck, triangular head with pellet eyes, triangular beard and recurved horns attached to

Late 2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze elements for a sceptre comprising: a flat-section panel with ram-head finial; a tapering tube with ribbed collar, two addorsed human faces; a finial wit

13th-6th century BC. A bronze tubular element from a sceptre with ribbed collars, band of human masks with horse-heads(?) between, finial of two lion masks. 68 grams, 11cm (4 1/4") Private collection,

Ca. 1800-600 BC A fine ancient Luristan cast bronze pin, displaying a needle-shaped body terminating in an ibex head. The animal is modelled in a stylised manner with emphasized facial features, such

13th-6th century BC. A bronze whetstone finial in the form of a leaping ibex with tubular body, forelegs drawn up beneath the shoulders, arched neck, curved horns with lobes to the outer faces; mounte

13th-7th century BC. A bronze finial comprising a ring with two rearing ibexes facing each other, their forelegs conjoined into a second ring, horns recurved with knop detailing. 50 grams, 87mm (3 1/2

An undated archaistic hollow-formed bronze macehead with ribbed lower body. 319 grams, 67mm (2 3/4"). Private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK. [No Reserve]

13th-6th century BC. A group of three tubular sceptre sleeves, each with ribbed body and flared base. 486 grams, 16-20cm (6 1/4 - 8"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a centra

An undated archaistic bronze kohl pot or vessel, in late 2nd millennium BC style, biconical in profile with bulbous neck and flared rim, strap handle to the rear, the base a pair of D-section limbs an

1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with flaring blade decorated with a crouching lion with hooked axe shape coming out of its mouth; blade is attached to the haft by a lion head; haft decorated with

2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze dress pins, two with openwork discoid head, one an openwork square, one an openwork zoomorph. 175 grams total, 8.5-13.5cm (3 1/4 - 5 1/4"). Property of a Nor

13th-6th century BC. A hollow-formed bronze rumbler bell with ribbed exterior, bull-head with bulbous eyes and crescent horns. 36 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Mayfair lady; formerly in an impor

13th-6th century BC. A cast bronze fastener comprising a round-section ring with discoid plaque, ram-head modelled in the round. 18 grams, 41mm (1 3/4"). From the collection of a North West London gen

9th-8th century BC. A pair of bronze elements from a staff or sceptre comprising: a tube with open sides and notched wings; a bell-shaped fitting with ribbed panel to the rim, shaft with ribbed collar

9th-8th century BC. A pair of bronze elements from a staff or sceptre comprising: a tube with raised collars, two addorsed human masks and domed finial; a bell-shaped fitting with ribbed panel to the

13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, ribbed collar to lower edge of the socket and open-mouthed beast-head above. 171 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2") Property of a r

2nd millennium BC. A bronze pendant formed as a labrys two-bladed axehead with three bands to each face connecting to the columnar shank with pierced arrow-head finial; old collector's acquisition lab

An undated archaistic carved stone vessel with trumpet-shaped body, ibex-head finial with the horns recurved to form handles, low-relief reserved figures and tendrils to the body, band of Kufic text b

8th century BC. A bronze dress pin with segmented finial surmounted by an ibex modelled in the round. 12.5 grams, 13cm (5"). Ex North London gentleman; formerly with Pars Antiques, London W1, in the 1

2nd millennium BC. A bronze macehead or sceptre fitting in the form of an elongated dome with series of striations to the surface, collar to the base with plain band below, pierced, and with flattened

12th-8th century BC. A substantial silver bracelet with thick, rounded body, terminals in the form of opposed lion heads with engraved details. 255 grams, 88mm (3 1/2"). Acquired on the UK art market;

Ca. 1250-650 BC A bronze terminal for a whetstone in the form of an ibex with small triangular head, long recurved horns, large discoid eyes and lanceolate ears, lying in a recumbent pose underneath a

3rd-7th century AD. A stone oval intaglio engraved with the figure of a reclining ibex with wings to the back, cross to the front of the head. 2.56 grams, 24mm (1"). Private collection, North London;