Museum of Shah, Tehran (Iran): Inlaid Copper Tray with Inscriptions Depicting Signs of Zodiac
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- FSA A.6 04.GN.1353
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Names
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Collection Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Place
- Asia
- Iran
- Iran -- Tehran -- Tehran
- Topic
- Antiquities
- Archaeology
- Decoration and ornament
- Inscriptions
- 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.)
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.1353
- 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.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Photo File 13, vol. 2, image No. 157
- Genre/Form
- Glass negatives
- Scope and Contents
- - Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.13: Photo File 13 (3 vols.) "Miscellaneous, Shah's Museum and related objects," Subseries 4.13.2: Vol. 2, Image No. 157 (Negative Number: 1353): Shah's Museum. Bronze tray, engraved. See SK-II, p.21 (?)."
- - Additional information from staff reads, "See FSA A.6 06.A022, FSA A.6 06.A022a, and FSA A.6 06.A022b for three paper squeezes of the Inscriptions Depicting 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-1585219957152-1585219966970-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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