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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.279
Title
Openwork Ornament
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
6th-4th Century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Iran
Period
Achaemenid period
Culture
Amlash
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182197

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
5.43 x 5.3 cm (2 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
15.95 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Dr. Jerome Eisenberg, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Jerome M. Eisenberg
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.279
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Openwork, circular bronze pendant or ornament. Three concentric circles with large granules decorating their exterior edges. The circles spring from a narrow shaft that begins at the underside of the smallest circle and terminates just below the largest one.

Verification Level

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