Openwork Plaque with Coiled Dragon (probably the front of a scabbard)
11th-8th century BCE
Dimensions
H. 18.6 x W. 10.3 x D. 2.9 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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