Object Details
- Description
- Silver bowl partially gilt, showing king Kavadh I hunting ibex and gazelle.
- Provenance
- To 1962
- K. Rabenou, New York, New York. [1]
- From 1962
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from K. Rabenou, New York, New York. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] 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)
- Pre-Islamic Metalwork from the Near East (April 15, 1983 to April 4, 1984)
- 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
- Khalil Rabenou (1906-1961)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 4th-5th century
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Accession Number
- F1962.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Silver, partially gilt
- Dimensions
- H x Diam (overall): 4.9 × 19.1 cm (1 15/16 × 7 1/2 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
- carving
- incising
- metal
- silver
- portrait
- hunting
- ibex
- gazelle
- horse
- Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)
- Iran
- king
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1962.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34cfdec5b-493e-429a-9ac6-80ebd65cb6c0
