Collection Online as of February 2, 2023
AD 300–500
Silver, cast, raised, repoussé, chased, and gilted
Overall: 18.5 x 11.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer 1962.294
Location 102A Ancient Near East
Description These dancers may be sacred images of the Zoroastrian religion of the Sasanians or they may be bacchantes, followers of a cult of the Roman wine god, Bacchus, who was popular in the Near East.
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 14
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 14
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 7
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Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.”
The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art , vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. Reproduced: p. 338, fig. 21
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Christman, Bruce. "Three Gilded Vessels." In Gilded Metals: History, Technology and Conservation. Terry Drayman Weisser, ed., 169-184. London, England: Archetype Publications in association with the American Institute of Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 2000. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 179, fig. 10.12
Ettinghausen, Richard. "Dionysiac Motifs." In Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World. Eva R. Hoffman, editor. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007. Reproduced: p. 53, fig. 44
David Aaron Ancient Arts (Gallery). David Aaron.
Harper, Prudence Oliver. "The Heavenly Twins."
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 23, no. 5 (January 1965): 186-196.
Reproduced: p. 190, fig. 5
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Exhibition history
Year in Review (1963) . The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).
Paintings by Tao-chi . University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (August 13-September 29, 1967).
The Twain Shall Meet . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
