National Museum of Asian Art, East Building
When Kingship Descended from Heaven: Masterpieces of Mesopotamian Art from the Louvre
March 8, 1992 – August 9, 1992
See 32 objects created between 3500 B.C. and 2230 B.C. in the kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad that explore the relationship between kingship and society as expressed through representations of the ruler and through his material possessions. Exhibition also houses a reading area.
