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Object Details
- Description
- A plate with a flat base and sides that rise to a flattened rim. The exterior is plain. The interior is engraved with two plain bands on either side of a hatched band that define a large circular field. Within the field, carved in low relief, is a winged female lion in profile facing left with tongue extended from an open mouth. Hatched bands emphasize the lower jaw, mane and belly. The shoulder muscle is shown in a heart shaped pattern enclosing flame-like tufts. A scalloped pattern appears at the base of the wing feathers.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
- The Shahnama: 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings (October 23, 2010 to April 17, 2011)
- The Heroic Past: The Persian Book of Kings (June 4 to October 29, 2000)
- 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)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
- 7th century
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Accession Number
- S1987.108
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3.9 x 26.1 x 26.1 cm (1 9/16 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 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
- hammering
- carving
- engraving (printing process)
- engraving (incising)
- metal
- bronze
- mythological animal
- lion
- Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1987.108
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye375ad7c14-9272-497e-871e-b0f792f0620c
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