The head of the monarch in the early coins is greatly too large.

The animal forms are, however, much superior to the human, and the horses which draw the royal chariot, the lions placed below the battlemented city, and the bulls which are found occasionally in the same position, must be pronounced truthful and spirited.
Of the Persian taste in furniture, utensils, personal ornaments and the like, we need say but little.

The throne and footstool of the monarch are the only pieces of furniture represented in the sculptures, and these, though sufficiently elegant in their forms, are not very remarkable.

Costliness of material seems to have been more prized than beauty of shape; and variety appears to have been carefully eschewed, one single uniform type of each article occurring in all the representations.

The utensils represented are likewise few in number, and limited to certain constantly repeated forms.