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Relief Fragment: Head of an Archer of the Royal Guard
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Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
From the Palace of Xerxes (north half of west facade) Persepolis (Iran). [E. Sassoon Paris (by 1933)] sold; to [Brummer Gallery Inc New York (1933)] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop New York (1933-1943) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
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