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Period:
Parthian
Date:
ca. 2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
Geography:
Mesopotamia, said to be from Ctesiphon
Culture:
Parthian
Medium:
Gypsum alabaster
Dimensions:
10.62 in. (26.97 cm)
Classification:
Stone
Credit Line:
Wolfe Expedition, Purchase, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Gift, 1886
Accession Number:
86.16.1

This artwork is not on display

  • Provenance

    Acquired by the Museum in 1886, purchased from the Reverend William Hayes Ward who bought it in London on his return from the Wolfe Expedition to Assyria and Babylonia (1884-1885)

  • Exhibition History

    "The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 3, 2000–January 14, 2001.

  • References

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The stone sculptures of the Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities in Halls 5 and 3. Handbook no. 3. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 1081-1/2, p. 76.

    von der Osten, Hans H. 1926. "Seven Parthian Statuettes." The Art Bulletin 8 (3), p. 170, figs. 1 and 2.

    Milleker, Elizabeth J., ed. 2000. The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 91, pp. 118-119.

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