id:			126239
accession number:	1948.458
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.458
updated:		2025-02-09 01:22:55.603000

Bird-shaped Vessel, 1100s. Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194). Bronze, cast, with chased and chiseled decoration; eyes inlaid with blue glass; overall: 17.5 x 9.5 cm (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1948.458

title:				Bird-shaped Vessel
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194)
technique:	bronze, cast, with chased and chiseled decoration; eyes inlaid with blue glass
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 17.5 x 9.5 cm (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Kufic inscription above tail feathers, undeciphered, possibly pseudo-inscription
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Persian Art Before and After the Mongol Conquest
	opening date:   1959-04-09T05:00:00
	<i>Persian Art Before and After the Mongol Conquest</i>. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (April 9-May 17, 1959).

	title:		The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran
	opening date:   1961-10-19T04:00:00
	<i>The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran</i>. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962); Villa Hügel, Essen, Germany (February 16-April 24, 1962); Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (May 17-July 22, 1962); Gemeentemuseum den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (September 4-November 18, 1962); MAK, the Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, Vienna, Austria (January 16-March 31, 1963).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-05-21T04:00:00
	<i>Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1948
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1948-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1948.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 36, no. 6, 1949, pp. 111–142.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 117
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141566

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 709
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n129

	<em>Persian Art Before And After the Mongol Conquest.: [Exhibition] April 9-May 17, 1959. the University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor</em>. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Museum of Art, 1959.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 57, p. 32
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 209
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n233

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 209
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n233

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 265
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n285

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