Princely Figure with Winged Crown Iran, 11th-12th century This large polychrome stucco sculpture of
Princely Figure with Winged CrownIran, 11th-12th centuryThis large polychrome stucco sculpture of a princely figure probably once served as a centerpiece of a more extensive composition of stucco revetments in an Iranian palace complex. Audience halls decorated with painted murals of similar figures were found in Lashkari Bazar (Afghanistan) and Merv (Turkmenistan). The figure has a round Turkic “moon face,” fashionable in eastern and western Iran. He wears a robe under an embroidered and highly embellished coat, or kaftan, with a tiraz inscription band on the upper arm. The elaborate and partly gilded diadems and magnificent large sabers point to royal imagery.MET -- source link
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