Figurine

B3500

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B3500
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Parthian Period (uncertain)
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Technique Painted
Iconography Panther
Description

CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, animal with black spots. Persian or Parthian. Panther.

PBS XVI: Panther walking. The supple body, with spots and stripes marked by touches of black colour, the powerful shoulders and the feline head, are happily and forcibly expressed by the artist. Modelled in the round.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number PBS XVI: 320 - Other Number

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