2-701-165 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Persian lustred wall-tile: a mounted Sassanian archer; Pl 26. from the Godman Collection: Persian Ceramic Art in the Collection of Mr F Duane Godman FRS; 19th century (colour lithograph). Sassanid, Sasanid, Sasanian Empire (224 to 651 AD); last kingdom of the Persian Empire before the rise of Islam; leading world power along side its neighbouring rival the Roman-Byzantine Empire; a mounted Sassanian archer atop a camel with woman or child seated behind; possibly hunting rather than military scene due to surronding images of jungle and wildlife; amongst the ornate patterened foliage can be seen deer, sheep, a bird and a possible leopard.