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Catalog Data

Medium:
Silver and gilt
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 4.5 × 22.1 cm (1 3/4 × 8 11/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
5th-7th century
Period:
Sasanian period
Description:
Bowl, shallow, silver on low ring foot, with a Bacchanalian triumphal scene in flat relief against a gilded background. Chased, engraved, and gilded.
Provenance:
To 1964
Mahboubian Gallery of Ancient Art, Tehran, Iran and New York. [1]
From 1964
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mahboubian Gallery of Ancient Art, Tehran, Iran and New York. [2]
Notes:
[1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file after 1920, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
Ancient Art of the Near East (November 21, 2009 to December 1, 2011)
Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)
Ancient Near Eastern Metalware (December 18, 1984 to February 24, 1986)
Pre-Islamic Metalwork from the Near East (April 15, 1983 to April 4, 1984)
Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)
Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)
2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Metalwork (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)
Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Metalwork (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)
Previous custodian or owner:
Mahboubian Gallery of Ancient Art
Topic:
gilding  Search this
chasing  Search this
hammering  Search this
carving  Search this
engraving (printing process)  Search this
engraving (incising)  Search this
metal  Search this
silver  Search this
Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)  Search this
Iran  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1964.10
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Sackler Gallery 21: Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fb623bd3-cf05-4560-b688-381c4dbf7ffe
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1964.10