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Master of Animals Finial
(Ancient Near East )
This top for a rod from a chariot is cast bronze, and depicts a figure with hands clasped before the neck and feet turned in. The piece also has necks with heads, extending from the shoulder to the head, making two rings for straps. There are extra legs at the sides, making the bottom an open circle. The back is the same as the front.
The piece has bronze disease.
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from the Caucasus]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran, Luristan
(Place of Origin)
Caucasus (Place of Discovery)
Measurements
Overall: 5 3/16 in. (13.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.112