Description
The ring above the horns supported a bowl that may have held an incense burner. No exact parallel is known for this unusual piece, and the ultimate inspiration may lie in the Central Asian steppes.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
3/08/1974
Examination
examined for technical study; x-rayed
1/31/1976
Treatment
repaired
Exhibitions
In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978.
To Arrest the Ravages of Time: Caring for Art at the Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996.
Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.
Provenance
Rabinou, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1928, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P5205]; Sale, Brummer Auction, New York, Part 1, 20 April 20 1949, lot 96; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
