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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.501.39
Title
Large Rooster 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/303978

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper-tin-antimony alloy
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
5.1 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm (2 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in.)
Technical Details

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

K. Eremin, January 2014

Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Copper-Tin-Antimony Alloy:
Cu, 87.27; Sn, 4.46; Pb, 0.65; Zn, 0.04; Fe, 0.06; Ni, 0.06; Ag, 0.03; Sb, 6.45; As, 0.92; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, 0.054; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001

J. Riederer

Technical Observations: The patina is a mottled light and dark green. A mass of rusty accretions is stuck to the underside of the beak. The surface of the object is worn and smooth but still preserves much detail.

The pendant was cast in one piece by the lost-wax process. The body of the rooster is hollow and was probably originally modeled in wax over a small clay core. The legs were made separately and then attached to the body, as indicated by the sharp transition from one of the legs to the body on the underside of the figure. The wings were modeled from separate wax lumps that were stuck to the side of the body. The many linear, inscribed surface details were probably already fashioned in the wax but then refined in the metal as well.


Francesca G. Bewer (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
2023.501.39
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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