Ancient Parthian or Early Sassanian Head
Ancient Parthian or Early Sassanian Head
Item Number: 5586
$37,000.00
| Period: | Circa 300 BCE to 400 AD |
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| Dimensions: | 13 1/2" (34 cm.); with custom stand 18 1/2" (47 cm.) |
| Condition: | Superlative |
| Region: | Middle East, probably ancient Persia |
| Provenance: | Bought by present owner in 1991 from a very old New York collection. While in that collection Edith Porada studied it and wrote about it. |
Description
Traces of original paint. This extremely important piece was studied at length by famed Middle Eastern scholar Dr. Edith Porada, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. Dr. Porada concluded that this extremely rare portrait is of a deity or a concubine of the court.
