Luristan, 700-500 BC
Provenance: Olga Hirshhorn collection, Naples Florida; Leslie Hindman Auctions, Chicago, 12 December 2016, lot 637; Private collection, UK
The two ibexes standing on a ovoid platform, facing outward tail to tail, heads arched gently upwards, with large curved horns and prominent, bulging eyes; the upper part of the finial with stacked bead motif on tapered shaft.
Luristan, 700-500 BC
Provenance: Olga Hirshhorn collection, Naples Florida; Leslie Hindman Auctions, Chicago, 12 December 2016, lot 637; Private collection, UK
The two ibexes standing on a ovoid platform, facing outward tail to tail, heads arched gently upwards, with large curved horns and prominent, bulging eyes; the upper part of the finial with stacked bead motif on tapered shaft.