W9

Luristan bronze cage-bell

£100

A bronze ritual bell with openwork sides.

Each rib is carefully cast to form a spiral rope-like pattern and the lower part of the body is decorated with two punctuated collars.

North West Iran, early 1st Millennium BC

Intact, good patina and well preserved metal.

Size: 6 x 3.6 cms.

Ex. UK private collection, acquired before c. 1990.


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