Harness Bell with Bird, 750 - 650 BCE

  • Luristan, Iranian

Bronze

  • Overall: 1 3/4 × 15/16 × 9/16 inches (4.4 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm)

Gift of Honorable and Mrs. Edward Thompson Wailes

70.980

On View

  • Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1, West

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Honorable and Mrs. Edward Thompson Wailes

1970-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Moorey, P.R.S. Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection. London 1974, pp. 99-101 [similar harness bells discussed and dated], (fig. 65-73), (ill.).

Luristan, Iranian, Harness Bell with Bird, 750 - 650 BCE, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Honorable and Mrs. Edward Thompson Wailes, 70.980.