A Luristan bronze standard with a tube tang,1000 - 650 Perforated,open work bronze base,flanked by dragon heads on the sides and double human faces on the finial. Green-black patina. Length cm,weight 182 g. It comes with the rare(presumably doesn't belong)tube tang of hollow-cast bronze. Base cast with plaster,the iron fastening pin is a replacement. Length without pin 14 cm. Cf. Portratz 1968,Group 2,Form C as well as the catalogue for the Nasli Heeramaneck Collection,Los Angeles 1981,No. 239.,historic,historical,ancient world,ancient ,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available

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