H x Diam (overall): 6.8 x 17.6 cm (2 11/16 x 6 15/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
225-650
Period:
Sasanian period
Provenance:
?-1967
Farhadi and Anavian Co. (active early 1960s-1973), New York, NY, method of acquisition unknown [1]
1967-1987
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), purchased from Farhadi and Anavian Co. [2]
From 1987
National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler [3]
Notes:
[1] See receipt “List of Gold & Silver Pieces” from Farhadi and Anavian Co. to Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, dated June 15, 1967, copy in object file. This object is listed as the Farhadi and Anavian Co. object number 34. On the receipt the object is described as, “Sassanian Silver Bowl W[ith] Horse Design Around (Broken).” The Dr. Arthur M. Sackler object number inscribed on the receipt is S-267 (S stands for Silver).
Farhadi and Anavian Co. (active early 1960s-1973) in New York, NY, was an importer and dealer of Islamic and southwest Asian art including ceramics, metalworks, sculptures, and archaeological objects. The Iranian dealers, Nourollah "Nuri" Farhadi (1903-1994) and Habib Anavian (1915-1995) established the firm in the early 1960s. In the 1970s, Anavian left the firm to establish his own business, Habib Anavian Galleries, Ltd. (active 1973-1993), in New York, NY. Clients of Farhadi and Anavian Co. included private collectors and he successfully placed works in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
[2] See note 1. Dr. Arthur M. Sackler was a physician, medical publisher, pharmaceutical marketer, and collector of Asian art.
[3] Pursuant to the agreement between Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987. This work is part of the Museum’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection.
