Clash with a titan: Local iconograohy of small-scale art of Central Asia in Achaemenid period compared to royal Achaemenid art
2020
Abstract
The topic of this contribution is focused on small-scale art originating from Central Asia during the Achaemenid period, between 6th and 4th ct. BC.
Studied material consists mainly of seals and their imprints, which are decorated with motives resembling Achaemenid ones. There are archers dressed in long robes in so-called "Persian style" (probably inspired by reliefs from Persepolis) and combat scenes between man dressed in the same robes and wild animal.
There are tigers and wild goats among the iconographical repertoire depicted in similar positions as in the Achaemenid art, which shows the adaptation of nomadic motives or stresses contribution of local tradition into the small-scale art.