Title

Finial, 1000-600BC. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Finial, 1000-600BC. Anthropomorphic, master of animals type, tube flanked by rampant animals. Two human faces on the central tube, one at the top, one in the centre. The central figure grasps the necks of the flanking animals. Cocks' heads facing outwards flank the lower face. Dimensions: width: 9 cmheight: 19.5 cm//Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Date

1000 BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Reference

HRM19E78_405

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

109,8Mb (2,5Mb) / 17,7in x 24,1in / 5317 x 7215 (300dpi)

Keywords

standing close up holding bird birds Middle East country figure color colour chicken cockerel rooster cock anthropomorphic Middle Eastern location century image symmetry Iran Iranian studio shot concept close-up Persian anthropomorphism Persia 7th century BC 8th century BC 9th century BC finial Luristan TGN object Unknown bronze animal likeness human likeness grey background Ashmolean Museum bronze object