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Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A striking cast bronze cylinder, made to be part of a mace - probably placed around a wooden or less decorated metal staff beneath the mace head. The body has repeated tall panels of ferns around one end and a smooth surface around the other. Each end flares out slightly. Bronze Age Luristan art was the work of nomadic herdsmen and horsemen who crafted small, portable objects, including daggers, swords, and other weapons. Weapons and related bronze objects like these would almost certainly have been entombed in the small rock graves in which their owners were buried. Size: 8.25" L x 1.3" Diameter (21 cm x 3.3 cm)

Provenance: private R.D. collection, Long Beach, California, USA collection, acquired from Palmyra Heritage Gallery, New York, USA in the late 1990s

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#189610

  • Condition: Slight bending to form, with dark patina over surface and small areas of encrustation. Otherwise, intact and very good with nice remaining detail.

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