A Luristan Bronze Openwork Harness Roundel, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE Byzantine the high bezel set with

the high bezel set with an agate intaglio with white inclusions that depicts the fertility god Priapus

and a dramatically flared rim

such inlays would have animated the figure's face and heightened its realism

5 inches (3

were in power north of the Great Wall

A Luristan Bronze Openwork Harness Roundel, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE Byzantine the high bezel set withThis finely cast bronze harness roundel is executed in openwork form centered around a tubular aperture and framed by a serrated outer border. Four intertwined serpent like creatures radiate symmetrically from the center, their elongated bodies curving dynamically around the composition to create a strong sense of rotational movement. The reverse preserves an integral attachment loop, indicating the object originally functioned as an ornamental