Head of a Tiger from an Incense Burner
CulturePersian
Date12th century
MediumCopper alloy
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/16 × 5 1/4 inches (18.89 × 13.34 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number48-4
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Exhibition HistoryArts of Old Persia, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH, October 5–November 11, 1951; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH, November 18, 1951-January 1, 1952; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 13-February 17, 1952, no. 151 as Head of a Lion.
With Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, by 1948;
Purchased from Heeramaneck Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1948.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, The Arts of Old Persia, exh. cat. (Columbus, OH: Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, 1951), unpaginated, pl. 151, (repro.).
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