1963.1

Object Title
Bird-Headed Deity
Measurements
height 19.5 in (49.5300 cm) x width 21.5 in (54.6100 cm)
Creation Date
about 885 BCE
Credit Line
Denver Art Museum: Charles Bayly, Jr. Fund
Museum Contact
asianart@denverartmuseum.org
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
about 885 BCE
Provenance Information
From Palace of Assurnsipal II at Calah (modern Nimrud), Assyria (Iraq) 885BC, Excavated from Nimrud by A.H. Layard in 1849, presented to the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Acquired by Myron Taylor, 1913. Sold (to? by?) Parke-Bernet 1960-61. Purchased from Sarkisian April 1963.
Exhibition Information
Permanent galleries, Denver Art Museum 1992-2017 and 2021 to present; Stampede: Animals in Art, Denver Art Museum Sept. 2017 to May 2019.
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This object (1963.1) has been part of the Denver Art Museum's permanent collection since 1963.
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