276, Lot: 518. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Bronze pin terminal in the form of a fantastic animal. Luristan, 9th-7th centuries BC. Heavy, solid cast terminal of pin (now lost), in the form of harnessed, couchant quadruped with stylized wings and horn (or forelock?). Length: 5.1cm; height: 3.2cm. See P.R.S. Moorey, Catalogue of the ancient Persian bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford University Press, London), nos. 324-327 for similar. .