Description:

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A 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 decorative bulges in radiating patterns on its widest part, which narrows to a smooth surface studded with thin discs. 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: 1.5" W x 6.7" H (3.8 cm x 17 cm)

Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA

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#139992

  • Condition: Intact, with a very pale green, pretty patina and an encrusted surface.

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