Museum of Shah, Tehran (Iran): Squeeze of Inscriptions Depicting Signs of Zodiac, Inlaid in Metal Tray
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- A-22 FSA A.6 06.A022a
- General
- - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Names
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Collection Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Place
- Asia
- Iran
- Iran -- Tehran -- Tehran
- Topic
- Art of the Islamic World
- Antiquities
- Decoration and ornament
- Inscriptions
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- See more items in
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions / 6.1: Arabic Script / A-22: Inlaid metal tray with signs of Zodiac. Whole field and two details, numbered 22/22b. See File 13--157--158
- Extent
- 1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 9 in.x 19 in. (22.8 cm. x 48.2 cm.))
- Date
- 1923
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 06.A022a
- Type
- Archival materials
- Paper squeezes
- 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
- Papers squeezes are organized in sequential number following language scripts, which are housed in folders, and stored in metal flat files.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
- Genre/Form
- Paper Squeezes
- Scope and Contents
- - Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 22: [no neg]. Inlaid metal tray with signs of Zodiac. Whole field and two details, numbered 22/22b. See File 13-157-158."
- - Additional information from staff reads, "See FSA A.6 04.GN.1353 (Photo File 13 (vol. 2) image No. 157) and FSA A.6 04.GN.1354 (Photo File 13 (vol. 2) image No. 158) for two photographic prints of the Inlaid Copper tray with signs of Zodiac. Additional information on this vessel can be found in Sketchbook II, Persien 1923, p. 21."
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1585219957152-1585219967416-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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