Figurine

48-2-124

From: Turkey (Country)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-124
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Turkey (Country)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Ibex
Description

Bronze cauldron attachment: leaping ibex. Brown patina with traces of green. Front legs, hind feet, horns, ear tips, and lower lip are broken off. Ibex's body is tubular with its hind and fore quarters carefully articulated. The long tubular neck arches down to the lowered head. The ibex's short tail is turned upward and is grooved on the back. Mouth is open, and the eyes are formed by raised dots surrounded by ridges.

Length 9.9 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 127 - Collector Number | L-2-103 - Old Loan Number

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