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Tribute Bearer
ca. 650 BCE-330 BCE22 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (57.5 x 32 cm)
Persian artist
Iraq
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Limestone
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1944.1
Location: Currently on view
The Tribute Bearer, shown wearing a typical Persian costume and ascending a staircase with his offering, was one of hundreds of brightly-painted stone relief sculptures on the palace walls and stairways of Persepolis, the spiritual center of the Achaemenid Empire. The figure represents one of 23 tribute-bearing delegations from all parts of the Empire that arrived at Persepolis for the annual spring New Year’s festival.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
Khawami Shirazi, Iraq; Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc. (dealer), New York, Paris, and Cairo; purchased from him by the Gallery in 1944
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Exhibition of Persian Art 4/24/1940 - 6/15/1940
- Around the World in Rochester 2/8/1952 - 3/2/1952
- In the Footsteps of Marco Polo 10/6/1972 - 10/29/1972
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Title: Mr. R. T. Miller, Jr. - A Tribute. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 24, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: October, 1958.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Article Scope: Mention. Phyllis Ackerman. Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art. The Iranian Institute, 1940.
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