The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Beaker

1100–1000 BCE

Iran, Marlik

gold, low relief repoussé and incised
Overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1965.26
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, whose masterpieces are shown elsewhere in this gallery.
  • -1965
    Elsa Rabenou (1910–2000), New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1965-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 11 archive.org
    Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Artnews 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64. Reproduced: p. 34; Mentioned p. 63
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 11 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. 4 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
  • Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).
  • {{cite web|title=Beaker |url=false|author=|year=1100–1000 BCE|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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