SculptureAchaemenid5th century BCE
Relief Fragment: Head of an Archer of the Royal Guard
486-465 BCE
Dimensions
55.9 cm h x 35.6 cm w x 15 cm d (22 x 14 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
From the Palace of Xerxes, Persepolis (Iran). [Y. Azizollahoff and Co., London, (by 1937)], sold; to [Brummer Gallery, Inc. NY, (1937)], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, (1937-1943), bequest; to Fogg Museum, 1943.
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