SculptureIranian7th-5th century BCE

Wild Goat

7th-5th century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Iranian

Period

Achaemenid period

Century

7th-5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

10.5 x 8.1 x 2.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/16 x 1 in.)

Provenance

M. Manoochehrian, April 11, 1940, sold; to Joseph Brummer collection, New York, NY, (by 1940, inv. no. N4549), sold; [through Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, sale 1069, May 1949, lot 108] sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

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