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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.501.17
Title
Bracelet with Sleeping Duck Finials
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
bracelet
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/303816

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
5.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm (2 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: XRF data from Artax 1
Alloy: Bronze
Alloying Elements: copper, tin
Other Elements: lead, iron, nickel, antimony?, arsenic

K. Eremin, January 2014

Technical Observations: The bracelet has a mottled green patina with small areas of tan burial accretions. It was cast in one piece from a wax model, which was made by twisting and bending a square-sectioned wax rod with stylized sleeping ducks attached at the ends. The striations that run in the direction of the wire must result from the wax rod preparation. A slight thickening runs down the middle of the ducks’ bellies and appears to be excess material produced at the imperfect join of a two-piece mold.




Francesca G. Bewer (submitted 2011)

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
2023.501.17
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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