Object Details
- Description
- A beaded molding separates the cylindrical neck from the elongated pear-shaped, fluted body, and the body from the ring foot. Both ends of the handle terminate in the head of a bird, probably a duck. Weight: 1039 g.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
- 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
- 500-800
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Accession Number
- S1987.140
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Silver gilt
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 34.6 x 15.5 x 12.2 cm (13 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 13/16 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
- gilding
- chasing
- repoussé
- hammering
- metal
- silver
- bird
- duck
- Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1987.140
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye31542f781-9f91-497e-b406-0fea4971871c
