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Finial

IRAN, Luristan
Finial
 (c. 800 BCE)

Medium
bronze

Measurements
19.2 × 7.4 × 2.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Luristan, Iran

Accession Number
3473-D3

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Cast finial, the tubular socket with four faces in relief set above each other and flanked by two confronted monsters.

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