Description
This head was attached to the rim of an enormous cauldron excavated at the Urartian fortress of Toprakkale. The facial markings are characteristic of Urartian art of this period.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
1/10/1985
Examination
examined for condition
11/09/2000
Treatment
other
Exhibitions
Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections. Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem. 2013.
Provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
