Standing Priest Wearing Leopard Skin

589-570 BCE (Late Period)

14.5 cm 62 cm 31.5 cm

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This statue shows a priest wearing a leopard-or cheetah-skin over his upper body. The garment was associated with high-ranking priests who performed temple rituals.

Sculpture

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40805
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sculpture
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normalized
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provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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2
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Saitic
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