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Pincirca 1350-800 B.C.

Not on view
Bronze pin with flat elongated shaft and ornate openwork head featuring a circular ring flanked by crouching animal figures, covered in malachite-green verdigris patina

Unknown, Pin, circa 1350-800 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
Pin
Culture
Luristan bronzes
Place Made
Iran, Luristan
Date Made
circa 1350-800 B.C.
Period
Iron Age II-III
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
Length: 7 1/8 in. (18 cm); Height: 3 in. (7.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.239
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
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.
  • Kawami, Trudy S., and John Olbrantz. Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013.

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