SculptureIranian10th-8th century BCE

Open-work Conical Object

10th-8th century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Iranian

Period

Iron Age

Century

10th-8th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4.8 x 3.9 x 0.5 cm (1 7/8 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.) Hole at top: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)

Provenance

Kurt H. Weil, Montclair, NJ (1927-1992), by descent; to Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, New York (1992-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

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