Object Details
- Description
- Oval bezel stamp seal with an eagle motif attacking a ram. Crescent at 2 o'clock.
- Provenance
- From 1943-45 to 1980
- Private collector, purchased in Iran. [1]
- From 1980
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of a private collector. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] According to the donor, object was purchased in Iran between 1943 and 1945. See note by the donor dated from November 24, 1980, copy in object folder, Collection Management Office.
- [2] Object was donated in 1980 to the Freer Study Collection, and later transferred to the Permanent Collection in April 1993. See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Anonymous
- Credit Line
- Anonymous gift
- 224-651
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Accession Number
- F1993.15.46
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
- Medium
- Carnelian
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 1.6 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm (5/8 x 1/2 x 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- The Ancient Near East Seal Collection
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- carnelian
- Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)
- hawk
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- crescent moon
- stamp seal
- bezel-shaped seal
- ram
- Record ID
- fsg_F1993.15.46
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye384c693a4-1d05-41af-b532-9351da75c2bd
