Vessel Handle

Not on view

Tiny bronze pendant sculpted as a human face, heavily patinated in mottled green and teal, with a circular suspension loop at the top

Unknown, Vessel Handle, 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: Vessel Handle
Place Made: Iran
Medium: Bronze, cast
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 1 in. (4 x 2.4 cm)
Credit Line: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number: M.76.97.793
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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.

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Vessel Handle

Not on view

Unknown, Vessel Handle, 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: Vessel Handle
Place Made: Iran
Medium: Bronze, cast
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 1 in. (4 x 2.4 cm)
Credit Line: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number: M.76.97.793
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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.