Figure of an elephant, possibly a chessman

Unknown Artist

ca. 6th–7th century CE

Figure of an elephant, possibly a chessman by Unknown Artist

Medium

Dolomite (Ferroan-Dolomite)

Dimensions

2 15/16 × 1 9/16 × 3 5/8 in. (7.5 × 3.9 × 9.2 cm)

Classification

Stone-Sculpture

Culture & Period

Sasanian · Sasanian

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1948

Accession Number

48.154.8

Tags

Elephants

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