Plaque with a King (?) and Winged Genius

668-626 BCE or modern (Neo-Assyrian or modern) H: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) Citation Source image

This steatite plaque depicts a winged genius (possibly the king) with a cone in one hand and a bucket in the other. He follows a eunuch, who is carrying a bow. The two figures in the scene commonly appear in Neo-Assyrian reliefs. The plaque is likely a copy of the alabaster re...

Sculpture

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22080
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Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1921, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P184]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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