Collection Online as of December 2, 2023
1100–1000 BC
Silver, raised, chased, repoussé
Overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1965.25
Location 102A Ancient Near East
Description The nomadic gold- and silversmiths of Marlik and Amlash were the first masters of precious metalwork in Iran. Their successors were the bronze workers of Luristan and the silversmiths of the Achaemenian and Sasanian empires.
Citations
Shepherd, D.G. "Four Early Silver Objects from Iran."
The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 53.2 (February 1966): 38-50. Figs. 1, 3, 4
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Ghirshman, Roman. Persia: From the Origins to Alexander the Great. [London]: Thames and Hudson, 1964. 34, Fig. 38
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 10
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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. 10
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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. 2
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 7
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Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1965 . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
