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Numismatic Auction 107  27 Sep 2022
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Lot 302

Estimate: 330 USD
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A Luristan bronze finial with horned goats, early 1st Millennium B.C. , both rampant and cast with attenuated bodies, their horns swept back, and heads detailed, small wings on their backs. The front and back legs forming the upper and lower rings, which would have been fitted over the base. Intact and a more simplistic and elegant form of this prolific artifact type of Western Iran. H: 5? (12.8 cm). Cf. Legrain, Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum (1934), pl. 1, no. 6 for a similar type. Ex J. Rilling Collection, Orange County, Ca. Est. Value $400 - $500.
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