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THE PROPERTY OF THE MORVEN COLLECTION
AN ACHAEMENID BRONZE PLAQUE
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ACHAEMENID BRONZE PLAQUE
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Nearly rectangular in form, with a mythological figure in relief in the form of a bearded man with bull's horns and ears, his head rendered frontally, wearing Persian trousers and cloak, with a cylindrical object in his left hand, a crescent moon and incised star above, the plaque perhaps serving as a matrix for the fabrication of sheet-metal figures
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) long
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Nearly rectangular in form, with a mythological figure in relief in the form of a bearded man with bull's horns and ears, his head rendered frontally, wearing Persian trousers and cloak, with a cylindrical object in his left hand, a crescent moon and incised star above, the plaque perhaps serving as a matrix for the fabrication of sheet-metal figures
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) long
Provenance
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988.