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Anahita Vessel

300–500 CE
(224–651 CE)
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.
  • 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 and reproduced no. 158. www.jstor.org
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    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
    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
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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 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
    Overlaet, Bruno, ed. Hofkunst van de Sassanieden, Het Perzische Rijk Tussen Rome En China (224-642). Brussels, KMKG, 1993. Discussed p. 99, Plate 84.
    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
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    London : [David Aaron], 2017. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 113, fig. 1
  • All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
    The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
    Paintings by Tao-chi. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (August 13-September 29, 1967).
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