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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Bronze Sculpture of a Ram's Head, 500 BCE - 200 CE
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Bronze Sculpture of a Ram's Head, 500 BCE - 200 CE

Bronze Sculpture of a Ram's Head, 500 BCE - 200 CE

Bronze
3 x 3
FZ.086
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The artist has imitated nature with remarkable sensitivity to capture the features of a ram with magnificent curly horns. Though this exquisite sculpture certainly qualifies as a work of art,...
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The artist has imitated nature with remarkable sensitivity to capture the features of a ram with magnificent curly horns. Though this exquisite sculpture certainly qualifies as a work of art, it also served a practical function, perhaps as the cover of a pouring spout. This somehow does not seem an earthly ram--its splendor lifts it into the realm of myth and legend. Perhaps it is the heavenly Aries, come to earth from his place among the stars.
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