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PINHEAD DEPICTING A DEER Iran, Luristan, early 1st mill. BC Bronze H. 10 cm Provenance Former Françoise and Claude Bourelier collection, Paris, 1975 Artcurial, Auction, Paris, Arts d'Orient sale including the Françoise and Claude Bourelier collection, 12.05.2015, Lot 6 (French export passport No. 166687) Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne, 2015 European private collection, 2016 The statuette depicts a standing deer with branched horns and a long, cylindrical snout: its front legs are fused into a single vertical stem, which was the main element of the pin. A suspension hole crosses the neck of the animal. A Luristan bronze pinhead figuring a stag. The statuette represents a standing deer. A suspension hole runs through the animal's neck. Ca. early 1st millennium B.C.
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PINHEAD DEPICTING A DEER Iran, Luristan, early 1st mill. BC Bronze H. 10 cm Provenance Former Françoise and Claude Bourelier collection, Paris, 1975 Artcurial, Auction, Paris, Arts d'Orient sale including the Françoise and Claude Bourelier collection, 12.05.2015, Lot 6 (French export passport No. 166687) Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne, 2015 European private collection, 2016 The statuette depicts a standing deer with branched horns and a long, cylindrical snout: its front legs are fused into a single vertical stem, which was the main element of the pin. A suspension hole crosses the neck of the animal. A Luristan bronze pinhead figuring a stag. The statuette represents a standing deer. A suspension hole runs through the animal's neck. Ca. early 1st millennium B.C.
