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Catalog Data

Medium:
Gold
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 16 x 9.4 cm (6 5/16 x 3 11/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
966-977
Period:
Buyid period
Description:
Decoration chiselled in high relief on a delicately ring matted ground, --- and engraved. Two Kufic inscriptions.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
Gold: The Asian Touch (September 10, 2005 to February 20, 2006)
Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade, and Innovation (December 4, 2004 to July 17, 2005)
Near Eastern Metalwork (February 29, 1980 to March 3, 1980)
Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)
Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)
2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Metalwork (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)
Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Metalwork (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
Special Exhibition Afghanistan (September 3, 1963 to June 5, 1964)
Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)
Persian Art (January 1, 1963 to September 3, 1963)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)
Topic:
chasing  Search this
repoussé  Search this
engraving (printing process)  Search this
engraving (incising)  Search this
punching  Search this
metal  Search this
gold  Search this
Buyid period (932 - 1062)  Search this
kufic script  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1943.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Sackler Gallery 21: Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran
Related Online Resources:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye382bdee1e-8b2b-47e9-aac9-8d3da18484a2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1943.1