reigns of Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I, 486-460 BCE
73 cm h x 44.3 cm w x 10 cm d (28 3/4 x 17 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
From the Hall of 100 Columns (west side of southeast doorway), Persepolis (Iran). [E. Sassoon, Paris,(by 1931)], sold; to [Brummer Gallery, Inc, New York, (1931-1932)], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, (1932-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Copper alloy
6th-4th century BCEEtruscanLeaded bronze
2nd century CERomanBronze
19th-20th centuryAmericanTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekLimestone, oosparite
14th-15th centuryFrenchInk pad in paper wrapper, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink, stamped
20th centuryGermanTerracotta, hand-made
5th century BCEGreekVery Pale green nephrite
19th centuryChineseCopper
2nd millennium BCESyro-HittiteLeaded bronze
7th-1st century BCEEgyptian