Talisman
900–700 B.C.
Object PlaceLuristan
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsLegacy dimension: H. .16
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.566
On View
Not on viewClassificationsReligious and cult objects
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1930, acquired in Iran, probably by Ayoub Rabenou, Paris; 1930, sold by Rabenou, through Arthur Upham Pope (b. 1881 - d. 1969), Paris, to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: August 7, 1930)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 30.544-30.637 were purchased from Arthur Upham Pope for $15,000, plus a $2250 commission. According to Pope, the majority of the group belonged to Rabenou.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 30.544-30.637 were purchased from Arthur Upham Pope for $15,000, plus a $2250 commission. According to Pope, the majority of the group belonged to Rabenou.
945–712 B.C.
760–30 B.C.
Early first millennium B.C.
650–550 B.C.
650–550 B.C.
A.D. 363–476
late 4th–late 3rd century B.C.
760–30 B.C.
760–30 B.C.
760–30 B.C.