The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Crossbow Support

Crossbow Support

300–200 BCE

Description

Here, the rectangular socket of the bow-support tapers elegantly to form the slender neck of an animal head. Silver inlay of wires and ribbons form an extraordinarily beautiful abstract design consisting of sweeping lines, coils, spirals, and serpentine interlaces.
  • ?-1947
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1947-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1947-present
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.3