About the Artwork
Bronze Bell for Horse Trapping in Form of Horned Female with Baby
8th century BCE
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Iranian
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 1 inches (9.5 × 6.4 × 2.5 cm)
Metalwork
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund and Dr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Bloom Fund
1984.45
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Donna Jacobs Gallery, Ltd., Birmingham, Michigan, USA)
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Iranian, Bronze Bell for Horse Trapping in Form of Horned Female with Baby, 8th century BCE, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund and Dr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Bloom Fund, 1984.45.
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