Wall panel with a charging bear, ca. 6th century

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Wall panel with a charging bear, Sasanian, ca. 6th century , Mesopotamia, Ctesiphon, Sasanian, Stucco, H. 11 5/8 x W. 15 in. ( x cm), Stucco-Reliefs, Animal motifs are frequent in the mold-made stucco wall panels that decorated the palaces and houses of the Sasanian elite. This panel is from the east iwan (vaulted hall) of a large house at Umm ez-Za’tir, a mound east of the Taq-i Kisra palace at Ctesiphon in Iraq

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Size: 4800px × 3706px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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