PINHEAD DEPICTING A DEER
Iran, Luristan, early... Lot 7
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PINHEAD DEPICTING A DEER
Iran, Luristan, early 1st mill. BC
Bronze
H. 10 cm
Provenance
Former Françoise and Claude Bourelier collection, Paris, 1975
Artcurial, Auction, Paris, Arts d'Orient sale including the Françoise and Claude Bourelier collection, 12.05.2015, Lot 6 (French export passport No. 166687)
Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne, 2015
European private collection, 2016
The statuette depicts a standing deer with branched horns and a long, cylindrical snout: its front legs are fused into a single vertical stem, which was the main element of the pin.
A suspension hole crosses the neck of the animal.
A Luristan bronze pinhead figuring a stag. The statuette represents a standing deer. A suspension hole runs through the animal's neck. Ca. early 1st millennium B.C.
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