A Luristan Bronze Openwork Harness Roundel, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE Byzantine allowing them to be worn

allowing them to be worn today as contemporary jewelry while retaining the beauty and history of their ancient craftsmanship

Condition:  Fragmentary as described

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

with well-preserved surfaces and minor mineral deposits

I completed two-thirds

A Luristan Bronze Openwork Harness Roundel, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE Byzantine allowing them to be wornThis 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