Cattle bell
Cattle Bell
1100-1299 AD (made)
1100-1299 AD (made)
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Ovoid, hollow with attachment loops at each end with a pierced design of four cusped quatrefoils spaced by four diamond-shapes to the sides. Four pierced triangles at the top and bottom imbricate with the quatrefoils. Inside is a clapper in the form of a cup-shaped bead.
Patina: olive brown with reddish undertones.
Patina: olive brown with reddish undertones.
Object details
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| Title | Cattle bell (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | cast bronze, pierced and engraved |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Bronze, cast, pierced and engraved, eastern Iran, probably 12th-13th c., Islamic. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170. |
| Physical description | Ovoid, hollow with attachment loops at each end with a pierced design of four cusped quatrefoils spaced by four diamond-shapes to the sides. Four pierced triangles at the top and bottom imbricate with the quatrefoils. Inside is a clapper in the form of a cup-shaped bead. Patina: olive brown with reddish undertones. |
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| Credit line | Lt. Col. G. B. Croft-Lyons Bequest |
| Object history | Given to the museum as part of the Babington Croft-Lyons bequest, 6th August 1926. Historical significance: The trilobed motifs and cusped quatrefoils suggest an Eastern Iranian provenance. This type of bell can be traced back to pre-Achaemenid cattle-bells from north-western Iran. No intermediary object links which bridge the chronological gap are on record. It is likely to be of 11th-12th century date but a much earlier date - about the 9th century - cannot be ruled out. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.1059-1926 |
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| Record created | June 21, 2002 |
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