Finial

Object Details

• Description

  Finial in the form of two rampant caprids with fore and rear feet resting on horizontle rings. Horn ridges are indicated by a series of open loops extending the height of the horns. The muzzle and neck are thin and elongated. The back of the curving neck is notched to indicate a mane. The bodies of the creatures consist of decorated curving bars, the upper ones decorated with open loops (paralleling the horns), the lower ones of double twisted wire.

• Provenance

  To the late 1950s or 1960s

  H. Khan Monif (died 1968), New York to the late 1950s or 1960s [1]

  From the late 1950s or 1960s to 1996

  Emma C. Bunker, purchased in New York City from H. Khan Monif in the late 1950s or 1960s [2]

  From 1996

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Mr. John B. and Mrs. Emma C. Bunker, Wheatland, WY, in 1996

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  H. Kahn Monif (died 1968)

  John B. Bunker and Emma C. Bunker

• Origin

  Luristan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bunker in memory of Dr. Edith Porada

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Monif, H. Kahn, Bunker, John B.

• Place

  Luristan

• Topic

  Iron Age III (ca. 800 - 500 BCE), Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Iron Age II (ca. 1250 - 800 BCE)

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry