Luristan Bronze Harness 1250-700 Bce Ancient Ibex With Horns 6th-10th Century Antique Ancient Farm Animals Islamic Persian

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Here we have a beautiful Luristan Bronze Harness, 3" x 3.5", 1250-700 B.C.E. Luristan bronze harness circa 6th - 10th … Read more Here we have a beautiful Luristan Bronze Harness, 3" x 3.5", 1250-700 B.C.E. Luristan bronze harness circa 6th - 10th Century B.C.E. This piece features an ibex head with glorious horns. Some remnants of museum glue can be easily removed if desired. See photos for more details.

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I believe items displayed in your home should tell a story AND have history. That's why i try to focus on items that had/have a physical purpose or were created by mother earth over millions of years (such as medical,industrial,salvage,movie props,and fossils).These types of items were actually used by our ancestors and others have been around since dinosaurs wandered the earth. These items in my opinion not only are beautiful but are also WELL MADE/have stood the test of time but have a HISTORY you can feel and see when being around/viewing the piece. You feel a sense of pride when owning these items. This cant be said for some item you picked up at your local mall/trinket store.

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Luristan/bronze info:
Luristan bronzes (rarely "Lorestān", "Lorestāni" etc. in sources in English) are small cast objects decorated with bronze sculpture from the Early Iron Age which have been found in large numbers in Lorestān Province and Kermanshah in western Iran.[1] They include a great number of ornaments, tools, weapons, horse-fittings and a smaller number of vessels including situlae,[2] and those found in recorded excavations are generally found in burials.[3] The ethnicity of the people who created them remains unclear,[4] though they may well have been Iranian, possibly related to the modern Lur people who have given their name to the area. They probably date to between about 1000 and 650 BC.[5]

The bronzes tend to be flat and use openwork, like the related metalwork of Scythian art. They represent the art of a nomadic or transhumant people, for whom all possessions needed to be light and portable, and necessary objects such as weapons, finials (perhaps for tent-poles), horse-harness fittings, pins, cups and small fittings are highly decorated over their small surface area.[6] Representations of animals are common, especially goats or sheep with large horns, and the forms and styles are distinctive and inventive. The "Master of Animals" motif, showing a human positioned between and grasping two confronted animals is common[7] but typically highly stylized.[8] Some female "mistress of animals" are seen See less