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Dragon-headed Stand

1200s

Medium: cast brass inlaid with silver
Classification: Metalwork
Dimensions: Overall: 7.2 x 19.2 cm (2 13/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
Culture: Northern Iraq or Syria, Zangid (1127–1251) or Ayyubid period (1171–1260)
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

About this work

Themes of hunting and combat are evoked by this stand with gaping dragon heads and figures armed with swords and spears.