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Tête de souverain

ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Not on view
L’identité et l’origine de cette tête grandeur nature restent un mystère. Le savoir-faire de l’artisan, l’innovation technique et l’emploi d’un matériau très coûteux, en l’occurrence un alliage de cuivre, suggèrent toutefois qu’il s’agit d’un roi ou d’un membre de l’élite. Les pupilles sombres et vides devaient être incrustées de matériaux contrastants, comme le voulaient les canons de l’époque au Proche-Orient. Les motifs de la barbe élégamment coiffée et de la moustache soigneusement taillée, tout comme les enroulements du turban, se distinguent encore malgré la surface corrodée du cuivre.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Tête de souverain
  • Période: Début de l'âge du bronze
  • Date: v. 2300–2000 av. J.-C.
  • Aire géographique: Iran ou Mésopotamie
  • Technique: Alliage de cuivre
  • Dimensions: H. 34,3 cm
  • Crédits: Fonds Rogers, 1947
  • Accession Number: 47.100.80
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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