A Rare Luristan Silver Master of Animals Finial, ca. 8th century BCE Tools & Weapons and two small applied handles

and two small applied handles at the shoulder

and minor chips to face and body

Kirsty McHarg

since it was first established and worked in the community in various pastoral care roles including cooking for the sick or the elderly

used for work in the afterlife

A Rare Luristan Silver Master of Animals Finial, ca. 8th century BCE Tools & Weapons and two small applied handlesThis fine openwork finial, cast using the lost wax method, comprises a figural register in a heavy square frame supported by a hollow shank. The top of the shank is defined by a pair of concentric ribs, between which a small loop, perhaps for a suspension chain, extends from the left. A long iron pin, separately made, extended up to the top of the shank but is now missing. The inside border of the frame is embellished with herringbone hatching. As the