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Catalog Data

Medium:
Chalcedony
Dimensions:
H x W x D (to chip at bottom): 1.3 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm (1/2 x 1/2 x 7/16 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
Iran
Date:
224-651
Period:
Sasanian period
Description:
Dome shaped stamp seal with ram motif with inscription at 2 o'clock.
Inscriptions:
Pahlavi inscription.
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
Topic:
chalcedony  Search this
Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)  Search this
Iran  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Sasanian Pahlavi script  Search this
stamp seal  Search this
dome-shaped seal  Search this
ram  Search this
Credit Line:
Anonymous gift
Accession Number:
F1993.15.25
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Sackler Gallery 21: Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient 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
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3063d7233-7030-4aa1-abce-e6e490c72bb9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1993.15.25