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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.452
Title
Coiled Feline
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
800-500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Central Asia
Period
Iron Age
Culture
Scythian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310610

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper alloy

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch, Warner, NH (by 1969–2008), transfer; to the Edith I. Welch 2004 Trust (2008-2016), transfer; to The Welch Family Holdings, LLC, Thomas C. Welch, Manager, Cambridge, MA (2016-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Note: Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008). Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at the Harvard Art Museums (1976-2008) and Special Consultant in charge of the department of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (1979-1987.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the family of Edith and Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.452
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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