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Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE; Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A fine pair of artifacts from the ancient Near East: a bronze horse from Luristan and a copper arrowhead from the Achaemenid culture. First, the horse presents an elongated body with slender legs, a projecting tail, a curved neck, and a tapered snout crowned by a pair of perky ears. The Luristan craftsmen produced high quality bronze objects for a class of nomadic horse lords whose love of their animals shines through clearly in the decorative items they commissioned. Alternatively, the arrowhead presents a socketed trilobate form; this type of arrowhead appears far and wide in space and time, indicating it was widely used in the ancient Near East, doubtless on account of its efficacy at piercing armor. Size of larger (horse): 0.5" L x 2.6" W x 1.5" H (1.3 cm x 6.6 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: private Denver collection, Colorado, USA, acquired in 2002; ex-Bob and Shirley Heller collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, purchased from Zamilco International, New York, New York, USA in 1968

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  • Condition: Both have expected nicks, chips, and abrasions to surface, all commensurate with age. Horse may have once had suspension loops on back. Otherwise, both are intact and in good condition with rich patina.

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