Ibex-Head Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ibex-Head Ornament

Date
c. 525–450 BCE
Medium
bronze
Culture
Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE)
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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