Harness Bell, 8th/7th century BC

  • Luristan, Iranian

Cast bronze

  • 1 5/8 x 13/16 x 7/16 in. (4.10 x 2.06 x 1.12 cm)

Gift of Honorable and Mrs. Edward Thompson Wailes

70.981

P.R.S. Moorey, Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971, pp. 137, 138, similar bells discussed and dated, pl. 28, no. 155. P.R.S. Moorey, Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection, London, 1974, pp. 99-101, similar bells discussed and dated, figs. 65-73, ill.

Luristan, Iranian, Harness Bell, 8th/7th century BC, Cast bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Honorable and Mrs. Edward Thompson Wailes, 70.981.