D-405: Persepolis, prehistoric pottery. Reconstruction of conical bowl. P1.XXXIII, left

Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Reconstruction of Pottery with Painted Patterns: Two Conical Bowls, from Prehistoric Mound of Tal-i Bakun (PPA) [drawing]

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Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Reconstruction of Pottery with Painted Patterns: Two Conical Bowls, from Prehistoric Mound of Tal-i Bakun (PPA) [drawing]
Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Reconstruction of Pottery with Painted Patterns: Two Conical Bowls, from Prehistoric Mound of Tal-i Bakun (PPA) [drawing]

Object Details

sova.fsa.a.06_ref9103

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Local Numbers: D-405 FSA A.06 05.0405
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld original drawing's caption and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
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.

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

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

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

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

Extent: 1 Drawings (visual works) (35.4 cm. x 24.6 cm.)

Date: 1928-1932

Container: Item D-405

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

Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.0405

Type: Archival materials; Drawings (visual works); Drawings

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.

Genre/Form: Drawings

Scope and Contents: - Handwritten signature reads, "EH."; - Handwritten Roman number on verso reads, "LIII."; - Handwritten number, probably by Joseph Upton, reads, "D-405; D-406."; - Handwritten annotation on board reads, "Tafel XXXIII; 10."; Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Reconstruction of Pottery with Painted Patterns: Two Conical Bowls, from Prehistoric Mound of Tal-i Bakun (PPA) [drawing]