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rock carving, Ṭāq-e Bostān, Iran
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Sāsānian sculpture
- In Iranian art and architecture: Sāsānian period
… at Naqsh-e Rostam and the Royal Hunt relief at Tāq-e Bostān. In the first the king and his god, both mounted on horseback, are sculptured in high relief in the Roman manner but are antithetically arranged to create a typically Iranian heraldic composition. In the second the two central figures…
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