Mountain Goat

CulturePersian
Titles
  • Mountain Goat
Date3000 BC
MediumSilver
Dimensions3 13/16 × 4 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.7 × 12.1 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Honorable and Mrs. Hushang Ansary, the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, and the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number2007.1300
Not on view

Explore Further

Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Phoenix Ancient Art, New York/Geneva, by 2007]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Sticker with gallery inventory number (removed): "B9578"

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Dionysus with Pan
50–150 AD
Marble
2009.30
Pendant with Two Billy Goats
19th century
Gold
2004.2290
Bull
700–601 BC
Bronze
37.24
Head of Poseidon / Antigonos Doson
227–221 BC
Bronze
2001.150
Lama Deity
2100–2000 BC
Serpentine
2003.417
Oil Lamp
400–600 AD
Bronze
2005.351.A-.C
Goats, Varanasi, India
Paul Allen Greenberg
1997, printed 2001
Gelatin silver print
2001.47
Yellow Sheila / Red Goat, (83DPT1)
John Divola
1983
Silver dye bleach print
98.539
Lost Farm (Billy Goat Hill)
Thornton Dial, Sr.
2000–2002
Mixed media
2002.3249