Ancient Luristan Bronze Standard Finial, ca. 9-7th century BCE

Standard finial, or an idol, having traces of gilt overall, cast with flat back, depicting a standing figure, with tall stylized hair and a suggestion of a robe, with arms downward at sides, facial fe

Near East, Western Iran, Luristan, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE. Presenting an intricate design comprised of two confronting felines with gaping jaws and exposed fangs, each with a slender elongated bod

A Luristan Bronze Standard Finial with Two Ibexes Circa 9th-7th Century B.C. Height 9 inches. Provenance: Charles Ede Ltd., London, 1985 Property from the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills,

Ca. 8th to 7thC. BCE. Approx. H: (without the stand) 5 5/8". There are two repairs with pins at one spot on each neck-see pics. Otherwise good and original with no other repairs or replaced parts. Lik

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. A slender cast-bronze beaker with a mammiform base, smooth walls which taper slightly, a deep interior cavity, and a

**Originally Listed At $3000** Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE. A spectacular leaded bronze square openwork in the style of "master of animals;" a highly sty

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. An intriguing cast-bronze standard finial in the form known as the "master of animals." The composition depicts an abstr

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hollow cast-bronze tubular standard in the style of a "master of animals," a Janus-headed figure whose body is represented as the

Ancient Luristan Standard Finial Masters Of The AnimalsLuristan / 9th - 7th Century B.C. / Bronze / H = 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in)Luristan bronze tube in anthropomorphic form, worked on both sides identicall

Ancient Near East, Northern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Luristan / Amlash, Iron Age, ca. 11th to 7th century BCE. A cast bronze vessel with an intriguing shape and prominent spout, resting on a flat

Ancient Near East, modern northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A wonderful example of a hollow tubular standard finial in the "master of animals" style, cast in two separate pieces. This

**Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Near East, Luristan, Bronze Age, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE; Northwestern Europe, England, ca. 10th to 16th century CE. A fine collection of 8 European iron arrowheads o

Ancient Near East, modern day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A bronze finial featuring the bodies of two ibexes facing away from one another and joined together mid-torso. Their faces have wide,

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Luristan, modern day Iran, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A bronze hollow tubular standard in the style of a "master of animals", a subhuman figure standing above th

Ancient Near East, Luristan, modern day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is a pair of bronze hollow tubular finials that would have capped standards in the style of a "master of animals," a subhuman fi

Ancient Near East, Luristan, modern day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is a pair of bronze hollow tubular finials that would have capped standards in the style of a "master of animals," a subhuman fi

Ancient Near East, modern day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A bronze hollow tubular standard in the form of a "master of animals", rendered as a rod between the heads and necks of stylized snar

Ancient Near, East, modern day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. An incredible example of a bronze hollow tubular standard in the style of a "master of animals". This motif features god-like figure

A Luristan bronze Master-of-Animals standard finial Circa 8th-7th Century B.C. In the form of a janus-headed hero holding a beast in each hand depicted with cockerel heads, the body cast with three f

A Luristan Bronze Standard Finial with the Master of the Animals Circa 9th-7th Century B.C. Height 11 5/8 inches. Property from the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, sold to benef

**Originally Listed At $500** Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. An intriguing axe head forged from copper of perhaps a ceremonial form. Atop the back

**Originally Listed At $3500** Ancient Near East, Eastern Turkey, Iran, and Armenia, Urartu culture, Iron Age, ca. 7th century BCE. An incredibly rare collection of bronze armor plates from the ancien

Central Asia / Ancient Near East, Scythian culture, ca. 7th century BCE. A lengthy, curved bronze knife blade with a thick handle and a sharp blade edge. The knife, created from a burnt-orange-colored

**Originally Listed At $800** Asia Minor, Turkey, Anatolian, ca. 7th century BCE. A finely wrought solid cast bronze miniature idol depicting four contiguous figures standing side by side with charact