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Collections

Decorated Tubecirca 1000-650 B.C.

Not on view
Small bronze handle or rod with brick-red and green patina, topped with a stylized human face flanked by two animal heads and a lobed crown

Unknown, Decorated Tube, circa 1000-650 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Decorated Tube
Culture
Luristan bronzes
Place Made
Iran, Luristan
Date Made
circa 1000-650 B.C.
Period
Iron Age I-II
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
4 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (10.5 x 3.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.79
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.