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| WESTERN ASIATIC COPPER DOUBLE-SIDED FLASK: MASTER OF ANIMALS Controlling a feline. The figure, dressed in a long garment, stands on a serpent-form foundation, The head, with hollow eyes, has two long wisps of hair falling onto the torso. Two curved horns on a headpiece which include the animal’s ears. Very rare. A similar example with serpents is in the permanent collection of the Musée du Louvre, Inv. AO 31715 (in poor condition). Kerman, late 3rd-early 2nd Millennium BC H. 8 in. (20.3 cm.) Ex French collection. BPPY08 SOLD |
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