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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.501.20
Title
Bell
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
bell
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/303681

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
7.5 x 6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Ball: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Technical Details

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

K. Eremin, January 2014

Technical Observations: The patina is light and dark green with traces of burial accretions. Pseudomorphs of organic materials, probably roots, are present in the green corrosion products near the loop.

The bell was cast by the lost-wax process. The model was formed by cutting the voids from the periphery of a circular sheet of wax and then bending the spokes upward to join the loop at the top. The ball, which may have been pre-cast in bronze, was incorporated in the core. The core was removed after casting, exposing the ball.


Tracy Richardson (submitted 1999)

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
2023.501.20
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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