The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Bowl
300–500 CE
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.- ?–1963(Farhadi & Anavian, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1963–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1963.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 50, no. 10, 1963, pp. 263–94. Listed no. 150 www.jstor.orgShepherd, Dorothy G. “Sasanian Art in Cleveland.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 51, no. 4, 1964, pp. 66–92. Discussed pp. 87-88. Reproduced Figs 25-27. www.jstor.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 15 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 15 archive.orgOverlaet, Bruno, ed. Hofkunst van de Sassanieden, Het Perzische Rijk Tussen Rome En China (224-642). Brussels, KMKG, 1993. Discussed p. 105, Plate 93.Duchesne-Guillemin, Marcelle. "Les Instruments De Musique Dans L'art Sassanide." Iranica Antiqua / Suppléments, Belgium: 1993. Reproduced p. 88, fig. 29Kosmin, 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
- 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).All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1963.478