THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN IRANIAN BRONZE VESSEL
NORTHWEST IRAN, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN IRANIAN BRONZE VESSEL
northwest iran, circa 8th-7th century b.c.
The squat ovoid vessel with inward sloping shoulders and a flaring rim, with a band of tongue above a plain band at its broadest width, an incised band of six goats interspersed with plant motifs on the shoulders, with two opposing groups of three rivets on the shoulders presumably for attachment of now-missing handles; together with an Iranian bronze votive mirror of similar date, disk-shaped with a rectangular projection ornamented with three registers of stylized animals; and a Parthian bronze openwork belt buckle, circa 150 B.C.-A.D. 225, with a stylized mouflon facing left within a rectangular frame
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high (3)
northwest iran, circa 8th-7th century b.c.
The squat ovoid vessel with inward sloping shoulders and a flaring rim, with a band of tongue above a plain band at its broadest width, an incised band of six goats interspersed with plant motifs on the shoulders, with two opposing groups of three rivets on the shoulders presumably for attachment of now-missing handles; together with an Iranian bronze votive mirror of similar date, disk-shaped with a rectangular projection ornamented with three registers of stylized animals; and a Parthian bronze openwork belt buckle, circa 150 B.C.-A.D. 225, with a stylized mouflon facing left within a rectangular frame
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high (3)