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Apr 22, 2008

Bowl

300–500 CE

Iran, Sasanian, 4th-6th Century

Silver

Overall: 6.4 x 14 cm (2 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Weight: 27 oz

John L. Severance Fund 1963.478

Location

102A Ancient Near East

Description

The decoration on this bowl--a vine with a little nude, accompanied by musicians, drinking wine from a rhyton--is related to the Hellenistic cult of Dionysos, or Bacchus, which was brought to Iran by the Greeks and became absorbed into the cult of Anahita.

Provenance

?–1963

(Farhadi & Anavian, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1963–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 15 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 15 archive.org

Kosmin, Paul. "Banqueting on the Move." In Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings.Susanne Ebbinghaus,ed., 310-341. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Art Museums, 2018. Mentioned: p. 330 and 363; Reproduced: pp. 330, 331, fig. 7.23; p. 363, cat. 56

Exhibition history

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).

Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings. Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (September 7, 2018-January 6, 2019).

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