Head of Eagle

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Object Name: 
Head of Eagle
Place Made: 
Iran
Azarbaijan region
Accession Number: 
74.1.14
Dimensions: 
Socket H: 1 cm, L: 6 cm; Base W: 4.3 cm, D: 3.8 cm; Socket in Neck Diam: 2.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
299-200 BCE or later
Web Description: 
This head may have been part of the handle of a ceremonial sword or dagger.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Rabenou Ltd., Source
1974-08-06
Category: 
Origins of Glassmaking
Color: 
amber
Technique: 
casting
cutting
polishing
Material: 
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Amber glass, bubbly with heavily spalled surface; cast as a blank, wheel-cut and polished. Stylized head, massive cut beak, eyes, and panels of feathers on crest; collar of rectangular feathers and elaboration of crest feathers are executed by wheel-cutting; entire surface is ground and polished; socket in neck is cast, not subsequently wheel-cut.

Publications (6)

Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 1) (1999) pp. 84, 249, 251; BIB# 61154
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 2) (1999) p. 160; BIB# 61154
Pre-Persian and Persian Glass: Some Observations on Objects in the Corning Museum of Glass (1980) illustrated, p. 51, fig. 13; BIB# 107941
Pre-Persian and Persian Glass: Some Observations on Objects in the Corning Museum of Glass (1980) illustrated, p. 51, fig. 13; BIB# 23036
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, pp. 120-121, #252, pl. 14; BIB# 29547
Recent Important Acquisitions, 17 (1975) illustrated, p. 169, #3; BIB# AI91035