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Talisman finial
Talisman finial

Talisman finial

Date8th-7th century B.C.
Object number65.124
ProvenancePurchased for Seattle Art Museum, August 11, 1965
Published ReferencesRogers, Millard B., Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 6. Muscarella, Oscar White. "Unexcavated Objects and Ancient Near Eastern Art," in Buccellati, Giorgio, series ed.; Levine, Louis D. and T. Cuyler Young, Jr., volume eds. Bibliotheca Mesopotamia, Volume Seven, Mountains and Lowlands: Essays in the Archaeology of Greater Mesopotamia. Malibu: Undena Publications, 1977
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions10 x 5 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.
MediumBrass and bronze
Image Not Available for Gilt-bronze finial; openwork animal design
Gilt-bronze finial; openwork animal design
Chinese
5th-mid 3rd century B.C.
Object number: 48.74
Image Not Available for Bronze finial with inlaid silver decoration
Bronze finial with inlaid silver decoration
Chinese
early 4th-mid 3rd century B.C.
Object number: 48.79
Image Not Available for Decorative Finial
Decorative Finial
Chinese
1672-1722
Object number: 38.48.1
Image Not Available for Decorative Finial
Decorative Finial
Chinese
1672-1722
Object number: 38.48.2
Image Not Available for Mughal overdoor
Mughal overdoor
Indian
17th-18th century
Object number: 57.19
Female Offering Bearer with Text of the Major of Thebes, Mentuemhat
Female Offering Bearer with Text of the Major of Thebes, Mentuemhat
Egyptian
Object number: 53.76
Glass tile
Glass tile
Byzantine
9th-12th century
Object number: 69.27
Image Not Available for Lintel, figures
Lintel, figures
Egyptian
2300 B.C.
Object number: 44.36
Acroterium From Left Corner on Temple Pediment
Acroterium From Left Corner on Temple Pediment
Roman
3rd-2nd century
Object number: 69.95
Pedimental Relief: Bear and Dogs
Pedimental Relief: Bear and Dogs
Roman
3rd century?
Object number: 44.87
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mosaic from the House of Menander with Zeus
Roman
3rd - 4th century
Object number: 40.181.1
Mosaic from the House of Menander with figure
Mosaic from the House of Menander with figure
Roman
3rd century - 4th century
Object number: 40.181.2