Furniture Fragment

Ornament

55-32-3

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iran | Ziwiyeh

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 55-32-3
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Culture Mannaean
Provenience Iran | Ziwiyeh
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gold
Description

Plaque of raised figures -- alternating registers of palmettes and paired lions; top cut off; 3 sides originally folded over with rows of paired tack holes and mitred corners. 12 tack holes around front of decorated surface and 5 in a row down center.

Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1955

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