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Taq-i Bustan (Iran): Sassanid Rock Reliefs, Large Vault with Investiture Relief of Khusro II: Detail View of Relief Depicting Blossoming Plant in the Shape of a Tree, from the Right Pilaster Flanking the Opening Facade

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
FSA A.6 04.GN.1848
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
Ernst Herzfeld first visited the site of Taq-i Bustan (Iran) in early August 1913 while on an expedition from Samarra (Iraq) to Asadabad (Hamadan, Iran). The drawing may be related primarly to this expedition as well as to additional visits to Taq-i Bustan (Iran) carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in 1917 and 1923 (end of June).
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Place
Asia
Iran
Taq-e Bostan Site (Iran)
Iran -- Kermanshah -- Taq-i Bustan
Topic
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Archaeology
Decoration and ornament
Relief (Sculpture)
Sassanids
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
1913-1923
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Identifier
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.1848
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. "Iran in the Ancient East. Archaeological Studies Presented in the Lowell Lectures at Boston. London: Oxford University Press, 1941. Plate CXXX, top."
Genre/Form
Glass negatives
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 8, vol. 1 reads, "Ṭāq i Bustān, right pillar."
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.8: Photo File 8 (2 vols.), "Sasanian Monuments," Subseries 4.8.1: vol. 1; Image No. 206 (Negative Number: 1848). Taq-i Bustan, large grotto. Right pillar, detail of top. IAE, p1.CXXX, top."
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1585219957152-1585219960134-1
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc394301c13-5a18-434d-93f8-dd99aa0970f0

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