Bidspirit auction | WESTERN ASIATIC LARGE ZOOMORPHIC BRONZE

WESTERN ASIATIC LARGE ZOOMORPHIC BRONZE TERMINAL OF SCEPTRE IN DUCK SHAPE - Ca. 2200 - 1600 BC A Western Asiatic cast large bronze terminal of a sceptre in duck shape; its cylindrical socket tube decorated the top with a naturalistic duck facing back. The artistry in their bronze work is much finer and more ornate than any of their contemporaries. This is all the more remarkable considering that there is a lack of native copper ores in that region, so Luristan must have been part of a vast trading network – and indeed, we know that they had contacts with the Kingdom of Elam, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia. Size: 115mm x 90mm; Weight: 215g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.