Vicinity of Nihavand (Iran): Ceramic Vessel with Painted Pattern and Animal Design, from Prehistoric Mound of Tepe Giyan

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Local Numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.0760
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Glass Negative probably related to campaigns of investigation at Nahāvand (Iran), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld between 1923 and 1931.

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

Place: Asia; Iran; Luristān (Iran); Nahāvand (Iran); Iran -- Hamadan -- Nihavand

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Animals in art; Antiquities; Archaeology; Decoration and ornament; Pottery

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files

Extent: 1 Glass negative (b&w, 18 cm. x 13 cm.)

Date: 1923-1931

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

Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.0760

Type: Archival materials; Glass negatives

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: - Glass Negatives, chronogically numbered from 1 to 5,075, originally stored in 80 wooden boxes of approximately 50 photographs each, are housed in document boxes and stored on shelves.

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

Bibliography: Herzfeld, Ernst: "Niphauanda; Iranische Denkmäler. Herausgegeben von Ernst Herzfeld. Lieferung 3/4 enthaltend, Reihe I. Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin, 1933. Tafel XII, 5."

Genre/Form: Glass negatives

Scope and Contents: - Inventory of objects in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: [inventory number 2463].; - Drawing in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: [FSA A.6 05.0640].; - Sketchbook in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: SK-27, p.45.; - Handwritten notes on related blueprint reads, "Tf 12, 5; T. G.; Skzb. I 45; 2463."; - Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.1.1: Vol. 1, No. 47 (Negative Number: 760) Tepe Giyān. Small jar. ID, p1.XII, 5; IAE, p1.XX, bottom right, 1 (Iranische Denkmäler: Lieferung 3/4 Niphauanda, Herzfeld)."