Luristan pendant in the form of an ibex - Bronze

Pendant in the form of an ibex with suspension loop.
Bronze. Length 5,5 cm.
Early 1st millenium B.C. Luristan (Iran).
Intact. Green and brown patina.

Luristan knew with his semi-nomadic population a long tradition of the bronze. These pendants, found in large number in graves, represent a rich bestiary in the pure and realistic forms. They were provided with a characteristic suspension loop in Luristan and used as jewels, amulets, lucky charm. This ibex with the purified shapes, is by all means the animal the moste represented to Luristan.

De Gilgamesh à Zénobie. Trésors de l’antiquité, Proche-Orient et Iran. Exposition aux Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, 6 décembre – 27 avril 2008, Bruxelles, 2007, p. 151, 168.