A Luristan bronze ibex - Circa 9th-8th Century B.C.

Modelled with back curving noduled horns, protruding ears, pierced nostrils and a short up-turned tail, standing on a hollow barrel-shaped socle, 37/8in (9.2cm) high, one horn restored, mounted - Estimate: £700 - 900

Provenance: European private collection, from the late 1950s onwards.

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Bonhams. Antiquities, 1 May 2008. New Bond Street