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Finial with Three Goats

Iranian (Artist)
1000-600 BCE (Iron Age)
bronze
(Ancient Near East )

This finial (an ornament that would have topped a pole or staff) represents three goats.

Provenance
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Natacha Rambova Collection [no. L (?).27.(?)5 on lower rim outside]; Professor Donald E. Hanson, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1981, by gift.

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11/15/2017 Treatment examined for condition
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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Iran, Luristan (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

4 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in. (11.7 x 4 x 4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Professor Donald P. Hansen, 1981

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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54.2582

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