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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.501.32
Title
Quadruple-Headed Goat 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/303791

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
4.7 x 5.7 cm (1 7/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Horns: 2.2 cm (7/8 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 of 171.1972 is green and black with underlying red and heavy gray-brown burial accretions. The patina of 172.1972 is green with areas of blue and some brown burial accretions. One of the necks on 171.1972 is cracked most of the way through and is slightly fragile. Both pendants have areas of well-preserved original surface.

The pendants were cast from wax models made directly in the wax. A minimal amount of cold working was used to decorate and refine the necks, feet, and faces. The well-preserved areas of the surfaces are very smooth and may have been burnished.


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
2023.501.32
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

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Verification Level

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