1st millennium B.C. Formed with a tapering round-section shaft and discoid head displaying a repoussé sceneposed of a horned animal head over a pair of serpents, mythical hybrid creatures with bird heads and goat legs grappling with serpent-like birds, leaping goat at base, all framed by a pelletted roundel; mounted on a custom-made backing board with fabric covering. See Delanoe, B. et al., Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 2008, pp.148-167, for type and discussion.157 grams, 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.). From a London, UK, gallery, 1980s.