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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.501.2
Title
Bird Pendant
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
pendant
Date
10th-8th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Luristan (Iran)
Find Spot: Middle East, Iran, Western Iran
Period
Iron Age
Culture
Iranian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303609

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
2.6 x 4 x 1.3 cm (1 x 1 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: XRF data from Tracer
Alloy: Bronze
Alloying Elements: copper, tin
Other Elements: lead, iron, silver, antimony

K. Eremin, January 2014

Technical Observations: The patina is green, and there are iron corrosion products on the underside as well as a small patch of gray-brown burial accretion. The surface is somewhat obscured by the corrosion layers. A loss in the suspension loop appears to be a casting flaw, and the small holes on the back are casting flaws.

The pendant was cast from a wax model made directly in the wax. Little or no cold working is present.


Henry Lie (submitted 2012)

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.501.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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