{"data": {"id": 136839, "accession_number": "1961.33", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Master of Animals Cheekpiece, c. 700 BCE. Iran, Luristan. Bronze, cast and incised; overall: 14.9 x 21.3 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1961.33", "current_location": "102A Ancient Near East", "title": "Master of Animals Cheekpiece", "creation_date": "c. 700 BCE", "creation_date_earliest": -725, "creation_date_latest": -675, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Iran, Luristan"], "technique": "bronze, cast and incised", "support_materials": [], "department": "Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art", "collection": "Near Eastern Art", "type": "Metalwork", "measurements": "Overall: 14.9 x 21.3 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.149, "height_inch": 5, "height_inch_fraction": 0.875, "width": 0.213, "width_inch": 8, "width_inch_fraction": 0.375}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 302039, "title": "Year in Review (1961)", "description": "<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).", "opening_date": "1961-11-01T05:00:00"}, {"id": 304550, "title": "A Cleveland Bestiary", "description": "<i>A Cleveland Bestiary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).", "opening_date": "1981-10-15T04:00:00"}, {"id": 310042, "title": "Images of the Mind", "description": "<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).", "opening_date": "1987-07-07T04:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Mrs. Christian R. Holmes", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}, {"description": "Mozzaffar Cohen, Paris", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}, {"description": "Mrs. Christian R. Holmes; Mozaffar Cohen, Paris", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The Master of Animals may represent a god of nature or the hunt.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "In this cast bronze cheekpiece, a horned male figure with sidelocks grabs two winged felines by their forelegs. Each feline tramples a rabbit beneath its feet. This design is an ancient Near Eastern motif known as the Master of Animals. Incised chevrons, lines, and crosses decorate the master and the winged felines. A ring penetrating the male figure\u2019s torso provides a means of attachment for a metal horse bit, now missing, and a second cheekpiece, likely nearly identical. This work likely originates from Luristan, a region in northwestern Iran known for its metalworking and horse-breeding in the Iron Age.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60748806"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1961.33-horse-bit-cheekpiece", "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1961.33-master-of-animals-ch"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 11", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n35"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 11", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n33"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 4", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n24"}, {"citation": "Kathman, Barbara A. <em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 19; Mentioned: p. 16, p. 60", "url": null}, {"citation": "Ratti, Antonio. \u201cThe Mystery of the Luristan Bronzes Still Puzzles Archaeologists.\u201d <em>National Geographic</em>. January 7, 2022.", "page_number": "", "url": "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/the-mystery-of-the-luristan-bronzes-still-puzzles-archaeologists"}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.33", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.33/1961.33_web.jpg", "width": "1263", "height": "876", "filesize": "749372", "filename": "1961.33_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.33/1961.33_print.jpg", "width": "3400", "height": "2359", "filesize": "5511498", "filename": "1961.33_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.33/1961.33_full.tif", "width": "4848", "height": "3364", "filesize": "48957952", "filename": "1961.33_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.33/1961.33_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "1232", "height": "893", "filesize": "737345"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.33/1961.33_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "3400", "height": "2465", "filesize": "5798462"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.33/1961.33_alt0_full.tif", "width": "4885", "height": "3542", "filesize": "51939444"}, "date_created": "2009-02-17T19:30:26", "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Purchase from the J. 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