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Bowl

500–700

Iran, Sasanian

Silver

Overall: 5 x 13.4 cm (1 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

Weight: 14 oz

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1966.369

Location

102A Ancient Near East

Description

Every good Zoroastrian was supposed to spend one-third of his day farming; one-third philosophizing; and one-third eating, resting, and at pleasure. The abundance of Sasanian luxury goods is evidence of the importance accorded the last third of the day.

Provenance

?-1966

Mrs. Elsa Rabenou, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1966-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

"Annual Report for 1966." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 6 (1967). p. 178 www.jstor.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

Harper, Prudence Oliver. The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire. New York: Asia Society, 1978. Reproduced: pl. 14, p. 53; mentioned: pp. 53, 54

Duchesne-Guillemin, Marcelle. Les Instruments De Musique Dans L' Art Sassanide. Gent: [s.n.], 1993. pp. 76-7, figs. 21a-b

Grube, Ernst J., and Jeremy Johns. The Painted Ceilings of the Cappella Palatina. Genova: Bruschettini Foundation for Islamic and Asian Art, 2005. p. 160, fig. 38.3

Demange, F. Les Perses sassanides: fastes d'un empire oublié, 224-642 : Musée Cernuschi, Musée des arts de l'Asie de la ville de Paris, 15 septembre-30 décembre 2006. Paris: Paris musées, 2006. cat. no. 41, pp. 103-104

Brown, Peter, and Christopher Kelly. The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150-750. 2014.

Exhibition history

The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire, Asia House Gallery, (Jan. 12-March 11, 1978); Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (April 10-May 21, 1978); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-August 13, 1978).

Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire. Asia House Galleries (organizer) (January 12-March 11, 1978); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (April 10-May 21, 1978); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-August 13, 1978).

Les Perses Sassanides ou les Fastes d'un empire oublié. Musee Cernuschi, Paris, France (organizer) (September 14-December 31, 2006); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (February 14-May 27, 2007).

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (organizer) (November 11, 2009-August 15, 2010); Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH (May 31-October 5, 2014).

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