Relief Fragment: Head of an Archer of the Royal Guard
SculptureAchaemenid5th century BCE

Relief Fragment: Head of an Archer of the Royal Guard

486-465 BCE

Classification
Sculpture
Technique
Relief
Medium
Limestone
Culture
Achaemenid
Period
Achaemenid period
Century
5th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

68.6 cm h x 37.5 cm w x 12 cm d (27 x 14 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

From the Palace of Xerxes (north half of west facade), Persepolis (Iran). [E. Sassoon, Paris,(by 1933)], sold; to [Brummer Gallery, Inc, New York, (1933)], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, (1933-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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