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Finial (Bird Head)5th-3rd century B.C.

Not on view
Bronze sculpture of a bird of prey head and neck, heavily patinated in mottled green, with a hooked beak and concentric ring eye

Unknown, Finial (Bird Head), 5th-3rd century 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
Finial (Bird Head)
Place Made
Western Inner Mongolia
Date Made
5th-3rd century B.C.
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (11.7 x 5.9 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.608
Classification
Architecture
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.