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Ibex-Head Ornament
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About this work
This may have decorated an ornate piece of furniture or a huge and heavily embellished bronze cauldron similar to that which the nearby bronze bull head once adorned.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineIbex-Head Ornament, c. 525–450 BCE. Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE). Bronze; overall: 16.9 x 6.5 x 11.7 cm (6 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer, 1961.199
