Plate Depicting a Female Figure Riding a Fantastic Winged Beast probably 8th century Like Sasanian examples, this plate depicts a female figure riding a fantastic winged beast with a feline head, feathered body, and canine legs. Her figure is unnaturalistically twisted, a quality seen on late seventh? and early eighth?century Central Asian wall paintings from Panjikent. The lower part of the plate contains a symbolic representation of earth, water, and Plate Depicting a Female Figure Riding a Fantastic Winged Beast. probably 8th century. Silver; gilded, chased, and engraved, with applied
Plate Depicting a Female Figure Riding a Fantastic Winged Beast probably 8th century Like Sasanian examples, this plate depicts a female figure riding a fantastic winged beast with a feline head, feathered body, and canine legs. Her figure is unnaturalistically twisted, a quality seen on late seventh? and early eighth?century Central Asian wall paintings from Panjikent. The lower part of the plate contains a symbolic representation of earth, water, and Plate Depicting a Female Figure Riding a Fantastic Winged Beast. probably 8th century. Silver; gilded, chased, and engraved, with applied elements. Attributed to Iran. Metal
Size: 3424px × 4000px
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