THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A HORSEMAN HOLDING A SPEAR, the horse's head with elaborately decorated bridle and neck bands, traces of horse's hooves above, the bearded horseman wearing a layered tunic, short 'kilt' and hatch-lined leggings sitting on a hatch-lined saddle, set in a wooden mount, reign of Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.)
Details
AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A HORSEMAN HOLDING A SPEAR, the horse's head with elaborately decorated bridle and neck bands, traces of horse's hooves above, the bearded horseman wearing a layered tunic, short 'kilt' and hatch-lined leggings sitting on a hatch-lined saddle, set in a wooden mount, reign of Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.)
8¼ x 7¼in. (21 x 18.3cm.)
8¼ x 7¼in. (21 x 18.3cm.)
Provenance
From the Palace of King Sennacherib, Nineveh (Koyunjik).
Brought back by the present owner's great great grandfather, a bishop, who travelled widely in the Middle East
Brought back by the present owner's great great grandfather, a bishop, who travelled widely in the Middle East