Bull Capital of Persepolis
5x7" / Unframed Print
$32.49
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Bull Capital of Persepolis
$32.49
Materials
Fine Art Prints
Premium archival matte fine art paper, 200–230 gsm. Smooth, bright white surface with an instant-dry coating that resists fingerprints and smudging. Printed with archival inks for accurate color and high-contrast reproduction. FSC-certified sustainable paper.
Framed Prints
Solid wood frame, roughly 0.875″ wide, available in light, black, or white. Protected by shatterproof optical-grade acrylic — lighter and safer than glass, and it ships without risk of breakage. Dry-mounted to foam core with a kraft paper dust cover and hanging wire installed, ready to hang out of the box.
Production
Every piece is made to order. Nothing sits in a warehouse — your print is produced after you order it, at the facility closest to your address. That means it reaches you faster, travels less distance, and arrives with a smaller carbon footprint than something shipped from a single central location.
An Achaemenid bull capital in a pen-and-ink style, stippled and cross-hatched into full relief and left floating on a bare white ground. Two bull foreparts face outward from a single block, horned and collared, with the saddle between them where the roof beam once sat. Below them the stone breaks into tight scrolled volutes and a band of drooping palmettes.
- A double-headed bull capital seen in three-quarter profile
- Stipple and cross-hatching used for every surface, with no flat fill anywhere
- Curled forelock, ringed collar and folded foreleg picked out in fine detail
- Volute scrolls and palmette band forming the shaft below
- Pure black on white, no background, no border
Capitals like this one crowned the twenty-metre fluted columns of the Apadana at Persepolis and the palace at Susa. The trough between the two heads carried the cedar beams of the roof, which is why the animals face away from each other — the sculpture is doing structural work.
Perfect for
- Gallery walls of architectural drawings
- Architects, archaeologists and classicists
- A study or hallway that suits black and white
- Gifts for anyone who has stood at Persepolis