#iraninan metal work
Lorestan bronze, fibula showing a woman giving birth between 2 antelopes, ornamented with flowers, Iranian iron age (1500 to 700 BCE) at the Louvre museum, Paris, France, March 2010.
The name “canonical bronze of Lorestan” refers to a set of objects testifying of the original culture of a nomadic civilization who lived at the beginning of the iron age on the territory of the actual Iranian province of Lorestan (North West of the Zagros mountains). Its pastoral and nomadic way of life explain the lack of architectural remnants left, the few artefacts found being almost funeral objects found after graves were looted or excavated by archaeologists. These objects were made in one time almost in bronze using the lost-wax casting. It consist in axes, horse bytes, maces, fibulas, or swords whom style and ornaments are typical, testifying of the originality of such civilization and great savoir-faire of its craftsmen.
Disk pin with woman giving birth, flanked by two antelopes (Luristan/Lorestan Bronze) - Early Iron Age
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