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.
Bronze with gilding
16th centuryItalianTerracotta
3rd-1st century BCEEtruscan
aluminum and solid cast white plastic
21st centuryAmericanTerracotta
GreekGlazed terracotta
2nd millennium BCEHurrianPlaster
19th centuryItalianClay with paint
11th-10th century BCEEgyptianMixed copper alloy
11th-13th centuryIranianMolded earthenware
7th centuryJapaneseLimestone
13th-12th century BCEEgyptianWood box containing various archival materials
21st centuryPortugueseGlazed Meissen porcelain