Furniture Ornament

67-39-92

From: Iran (uncertain) | Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 67-39-92
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Urartian
Provenience Iran (uncertain) | Turkey (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Circle of leaves or petals, tips pendant, to fit around the leg of a chair, presumably. The tips are pointed and each has a central rib running longitudinally. A central hole 0.036 m. in diam. for the leg. Around the hole is a flat bend, not circular but composed of 4 shallow arcs. Some of the leaves are bent.

Outside Diameter 11 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1967

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