Door (one of a pair)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image is black and white; there are two tall, thin rectangular panels side by side. Panels have carved designs throughout. The panels are dark at the bottom and get gradually lighter toward the top. Carvings on each panel feature a human-like figure from the waist up wearing a crown; the figure on the left faces right and the figure on the right faces left. The carved border on both panels consists of 2-3 thin straight lines on the edges with a geometric diamond pattern and curled pointed shapes on the inner edges; curled pointed shapes fill in the top corners. The carvings on both panels appear to be weathered.