High-footed bowl with interior medallion
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Object Details
- Description
- Hemispherical bowl on high ring foot. Flattened rim; exterior fluted vertically. Plain band ca. 1 cm. wide on outer rim above fluting. Foot plain, with double band near rim.
- Interior, central medallion formed by overlapping arches with interior hatching, in niello inlay. Medallion encircles a peahen, in profile facing right, in niello inlay. Weight: 497.1 grams.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
- Le Perses Sassanides ou les Fastes d'un empire oublie (The Persian Sasanians, Luxury Goods from a Forgotten Empire)" (September 15, 2006 to May 20, 2007)
- Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)
- Nomads and Nobility: Art from the Ancient Near East (September 28, 1987 to November 1, 1992)
- The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire (Winter 1978)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
- 500-600
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Accession Number
- S1987.106
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Silver and niello
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10.2 x 18 x 18 cm (4 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16 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
- niello
- chasing
- hammering
- carving
- metal
- silver
- Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- peahen
- Record ID
- fsg_S1987.106
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37c5be2a1-e2b4-4970-b44d-dcce53a0abf4
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