Elamite Bronze Bowl Section with Mythical Beast

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 in. (397 grams total, 10 cm wide including stand).

Curved section from the rim of a large bowl with an applied plaque depicting a reclining cow with a tiered headdress; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

UK collection, acquired 1970s to 1990s.

Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate, no S00067874

Literature

See the Iraq Museum, Baghdad, for a similar cow figure that once decorated the facade of the Temple of Ninhursag; British Museum, London, museum no.116744, for another cow relief in copper-alloy.

CONDITION

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