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Object Details
- Description
- Bottle with repousse relief of three Dionysiac figures moving toward the right and separated by three spirally fluted columns topped by a bird on acanthus. Hammered, chased, and gilded.
- Provenance
- To 1965
- Unknown collector [1]
- To 1965
- Paul and Marguerite Mallon, Rome, Zurich, and Paris, agent for an unknown collector [2]
- From 1965
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Paul and Marguerite Mallon, Rome, Zurich, and Paris [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Paul and Marguerite Mallon acted as an agent for an unknown collector. See correspondences between Marguerite Mallon and the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art, John Pope; copies in the object file. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
- Ancient Art of the Near East (November 21, 2009 to December 1, 2011)
- Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)
- Ancient Near Eastern Metalware (December 18, 1984 to February 24, 1986)
- Pre-Islamic Metalwork from the Near East (April 15, 1983 to April 4, 1984)
- Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)
- Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)
- 2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Metalwork (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)
- Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Metalwork (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
- Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Paul Mallon (1884-1975)
- Marguerite Mallon (died 1977)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 6th-7th century
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Accession Number
- F1965.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Silver and gilt; hammered, repousse, chased, gilded
- Dimensions
- H x Diam (overall): 18.2 × 11.1 cm (7 3/16 × 4 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 21: Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient 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
- gilding
- chasing
- repoussé
- hammering
- metal
- silver
- bird
- Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1965.20
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bd5acfb9-a226-4388-a4c8-acf5325acdae
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