Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Harness Trapping
8th-7th century BCE (Iron Age)
cast bronze
(Ancient Near East )
(Ancient Near East )
Two small felines bite the curving horns of a sheep on this harness ring. Below, a horned demon figure grasps the sides of a ring on which the felines stand.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
[Found in Nevahend, Persia (?)]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
3 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 in. (9 x 9.5 x 2.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.118