D-413, D-414, D-415, D-416: Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Reconstruction of Pottery with Painted Patterns: Three Bowls and a Jar with Animal Design, from Prehistoric Mound of Tal-i Bakun (PPA)

Object Details

Local Numbers: D-413 D-414 D-415 D-416 FSA A.06 05.0413 FSA A.06 05.0414 FSA A.06 05.0415 FSA A.06 05.0416
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Drawing related to a trial excavation undertook by Ernst Herzfeld in the Summer 1928 as well as a campaign of excavation at the western mound, Tall-i-Bakun A under the auspice of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, carried out by Alexander Langsdorff under Ernst Herzfeld's direction between March 25, 1932 and July 21, 1932.

Place: Asia; Iran; Bakun, Tall-e (Iran); Iran -- Fars -- Takht-e Jamshid -- Tal-i Bakun

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Antiquities; Architectural drawing; Decoration and ornament; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Animals in art

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps

Extent: 1 Drawings (visual works) (22.3 cm x 26.7 cm.); 1 Drawings (visual works) (16 cm x 23.2 cm.); 1 Drawings (visual works) (12 cm x 24.8 cm.); 1 Drawings (visual works) (18.5 cm x 24.2 cm.)

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection Citation: Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Arrangement: Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Scope and Contents: Original caption on verso reads, "Tafel XXXIX. D-413 is numbered 3445; D-414 is numbered 2073; D-415 is numbered 2389A; D-416 is numbered 2156."; Additional information reads, "Drawings D-413, D-414, D-415, D-416 (water-colors) are mounted on mat numbered Pl.XXXiX."