Amlash Bronze Dancers

Culture: Iran/Amlash

Period: 1st half of 1st millennium B.C.

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 4.8 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 6211

Provenance: German private collection, acquired in the 1980s in Paris. Auctioned at Gorny & Mosch on 12 December 2012, lot 557. Thence in a New york private collection.

Condition: Intact

Description: Dancing bronze lovers with embracing arms and crotches wedged into each other on the sides. The stylized figures have their outer arms stemming on their hips, except for the nose the head is not worked out. The figures do not wear any clothes, on the male one the genital is dominantly accentuated. Mounted.