Bronze Idol to the Animal Master, Luristan

• Bronze idol depicting a figure commonly known asthe “Master of the Animals“: a central figure holding two fantastic animals by the neck with his arms.
• Bronze, Iran, Luristan (Or Lorestan), Iron Age, circa 800 BC
• The piece comes with a removable acrylic base.
• H 12.5 cm x W 4 cm
• Weight: 66 grams
• A comparable example is represented in the British Museum under inventory number 108816
• Another, in the Asian Museum of San Fransisco under inventory number B62B95.b
• Provenance: Acquired before 1970 from the collector Claude de Marteau
• Sold with certificate of origin.

About the Bronze Idol of the Animal Master, Luristan (Lorestan)

An adventurer and explorer who could stop at nothing (Archives Claude de Marteau)

Claude de Marteau (bottom left) on his trip to Iran around 1950…

Stock photos Claude de Marteau, Iran, circa 1950