Persepolis: Small (6.5 cm) lapis lazuli head of prince, 5th-4th century BC
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| Collections | Arthur Llewellyn Basham |
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| Title: | Persepolis: Small (6.5 cm) lapis lazuli head of prince, 5th-4th century BC |
| Author(s): | Belloni, Gianguido Fedi Dall'Asen, Liliana Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham |
| Keywords: | Achaemenian;sculpture;stone;book scan |
| Description: | Turreted crown, symbolic of turreted walls of city, suggests he is royal. Andre Godard (in The Art of Iran, translated by Michael Heron, New York, F.A. Praeger, 1965, p. 144) speculated that it may have been Xerxes as a young man. Royal serenity characteristic of period. Eyes would have been of precious stone or enamelled |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/208890 |
| Other Identifiers: | ANUA 682-4238 |
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