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Anahita Vessel

AD 300–500

Sasanian, Iran, 4th-5th Century

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 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. 14 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
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 www.jstor.org
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
Harper, Prudence Oliver. "The Heavenly Twins." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 23, no. 5 (January 1965): 186-196.
 Reproduced: p. 190, fig. 5 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).

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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1962.294