Major Works from the Ancient Persia (Iran) and oriental Collection

 
Ebih-il Mari, Syria Circa 2400 B.C. 
Alabaster - H 52.5 cm
Most ancient statute ever found in the archeology
 
Gudea with flowing vase 
Tello (ancient Sumerian town of Girsu) 
Circa 2150 B.C. 
Calcite - H 62 cm; W 25.6 cm
A state of art master piece from our ancestors
 
Law Code of Hammurabi,  
king of Babylon 
Babylonia, 1st half of the XVIIIth century B.C. 
Black basalt - H 2.25 m; W 0.65 m 
The very first Law code of the humanity
 
Archers of the Guard of Darius I 
Susa, end of the VIth, early Vth century B.C. 
Glazed bricks - H 2 m; W 0.69 m 
 

Glorious days of Persian Empire with provinces from Africa to China.
 
Handle of an Achemenid Vase 
in the shape of a winged ibex 
Vth-IVth century B.C. 
Silver and gold - H 27 cm; W 15 cm
 
Sarcophagus of Eshmunazor 
Sidon, necropolis Vth century B.C. 
Black amphibolite - H 1.20 m 
Influence of Egyptian Empire
The Monumental palace of King Sargon II in Khorsabad (721-705 B.C.), with bulls and reliefs originating from Khorsabad. These reliefs are in a special country yard in Louvre Museum.
Winged Human headed Bulls 
Khorsabad (Assyria), end of the VIIIth B.C. 
Gypsum - H 4.20 m; W 4.36 m