Bowl with Animal Frieze
- Culture
- Phoenician, 2500–64 BCE
- Date
- mid- to late 8th century BCE
- Material
- Bronze
- Classification
- Containers, metalwork
- Collection
- Ancient Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 259
- Dimensions
- 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (6.4 x 6.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 115:1924
NOTES
Near Eastern Art Nomadic people in Western Iran (Luristan) produced wonderful and lively decorated metalwork. Tools, horse trappings, and ceremonial standards were functional yet embellished with fantastic beasts and intertwining designs. These designs are strangely reminiscent of the style developed by other nomadic people in Europe during the "Dark Ages" some 2000 years later.
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