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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.501.41
Title
Large 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/303866

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
5.7 x 5.8 x 1.2 cm (2 1/4 x 2 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
Technical Details

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

K. Eremin, January 2014

Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Bronze:
Cu, 95.07; Sn, 4.1; Pb, 0.41; Zn, 0.01; Fe, 0.05; Ni, 0.11; Ag, 0.09; Sb, 0.14; As, less than 0.10; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, 0.015; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001

J. Riederer

Technical Observations: The patina of both 175.1972 and 180.1972 is green with spots of underlying red. There are identical, raised gray-brown burial accretions on both pendants, and both appear to have come from the same site.

The pendants were cast from models made directly in the wax. A comparison of the size and shape of the two pendants shows that they are very similar, although not identical, and that they probably came from the same workshop. In areas where the original surface is well preserved, it is very smooth and was probably finished by burnishing. Cold working is limited to punch work in the eyes, horns, and face.


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
2023.501.41
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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