reign of King Darius I, 522–486 BCE
69.2 cm h x 37.5 cm w x 12 cm d (27 1/4 x 14 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
From the Palace of Darius (east stairs of south facade), Persepolis (Iran). [E. Sassoon, Paris,(by 1931)], sold; to [Brummer Gallery, Inc, New York, (1931)], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, (1931-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
White jasperware head on pink ground
18th centuryBritishPainted plaster cast of stone original
20th centuryGermanMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChinesePlaster
19th centuryItalianTerracotta
Copper alloy
6th-4th century BCEItalicStucco; Gandharan style, perhaps from Hadda, Afghanistan
2nd-4th century CEAfghanTerracotta
Plaster
20th centuryGermanPolychromed wood
12th centuryFrenchLeaded bronze
3rd-2nd century BCEEtruscanCopper
3rd millennium BCENeo-Sumerian