The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Hunt Pitcher

500–600

Iran, Sasanian Empire

(224–651 CE)
silver
Overall: 13.4 x 9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.200
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.
  • ?–1961
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1961–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 9, 1961, pp. 219–51. no. 57 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. “Annual Report for 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–45. p. 131 www.jstor.org
    Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Sasanian Art in Cleveland.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 4 (April 1964): 66–92. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 89-92, figs. 30-32, color plate B p. 80 www.jstor.org
    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
    Ettinghausen, Richard. From Byzantium to Sasanian Iran and the Islamic World; Three Modes of Artistic Influence. Leiden: Brill, 1972. Pl. VIII no. 28
    Watt, James C. Y., and Prudence Oliver Harper. China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Discussed p. 51-52, reproduced fig. 42.
    Matos, Maria Antónia Pinto de, and Rose Kerr. Tankards and Mugs: Drinking from Chinese Export Porcelain. London: Jorge Welsh Books, 2016. Reproduced: p. 16, fig. 4
  • A Moveable Feast: Food Cultures in China. Hong Kong Palace Museum Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (organizer) (March 19-June 18, 2025).
    Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1961.200