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Finial

Finial
Iran, Luristan, 700s BC
bronze, 7 1/4 inches (18.5 cm) high

George Berger Bequest by exchange
1963.7

Animal-adorned finials like this have been unearthed from the sites of both shrines and tombs. They are unique to the Luristan region of western Iran, and, having been made by the lost wax technique, no two are exactly the same. This is a typically decorative example with the two faces on the tube flanked by dragon and cock-like heads.


To Southwest Asia