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Plaque with a King (?) and Winged Genius
(Ancient Near East )
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 reliefs from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. Peculiarities in the style, material, and scale of this object indicate that it may be a forgery.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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.
Geographies
Iraq (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
21.11