Beaker
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Object Details
- Description
- Beaker with flat base, plain relief band around circumference of base. Bent at base and around rim; a few cracks along rim. Base decorated with engraved pattern of twelve radiating petals, each with doubled incised outline, from center formed by concentric circles. Sharply everted, flangelike rim.
- Just above base and just below rim, bands decorated with guilloche pattern formed by multiple incised lines. On body of beaker, framed by guilloche: bands in relief arranged in torsional pattern. Plain bands alternate with guilloche; next to one of the guilloche bands, an incised geometric pattern.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- Metalwork and Ceramics from Ancient Iran (November 19, 1992 to January 22, 2004)
- Nomads and Nobility: Art from the Ancient Near East (September 28, 1987 to November 1, 1992)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
- ca. 1200-900 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age I - II
- Accession Number
- S1987.132
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12.8 x 8 x 8 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in)
- Origin
- Northwest Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- chasing
- repoussé
- hammering
- metal
- silver
- Iron Age I (ca. 1450 - 1250 BCE)
- Iron Age II (ca. 1250 - 800 BCE)
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1987.132
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c19f0af4-4cbd-4d3d-8f52-81d73e259533
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