id: 137194 accession number: 1962.150 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.150 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:14.686000 Dish with King Hormizd II or Hormizd III Hunting Lions, AD 400–600. Iran, Sasanian, 5th-6th Century. Silver gilt; overall: 4.6 x 20.8 cm (1 13/16 x 8 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1962.150 title: Dish with King Hormizd II or Hormizd III Hunting Lions title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: AD 400–600 creation date earliest: 400 creation date latest: 600 current location: 116 Islamic creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Sasanian, 5th-6th Century technique: silver gilt department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 4.6 x 20.8 cm (1 13/16 x 8 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: On reverse, inside foot, an inscription in Pahlavi reads according to Dr. Frye, Harvard University: "Gozac, one pound (fifty) one drachms." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). title: The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire opening date: 1978-01-12T05:00:00 The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire. Asia House Galleries (organizer) (January 12-March 11, 1978); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (April 10-May 21, 1978); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-August 13, 1978). title: The Twain Shall Meet opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00 The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986). title: All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection opening date: 1994-11-23T05:00:00 All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995). title: Les Perses Sassanides ou les Fastes d'un empire oublié opening date: 2006-09-14T00:00:00 Les Perses Sassanides ou les Fastes d'un empire oublié. Musee Cernuschi, Paris, France (organizer) (September 14-December 31, 2006). title: Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation) opening date: 2021-05-21T04:00:00 Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022). title: Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World opening date: 2022-04-06T04:00:00 Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World. Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, CA (April 6-August 8, 2022) https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/persia/index.html. --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Elsa Rabenou [1910-2000], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1962 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1962- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Hormizd II's crown is distinct with its eagle form and topped with the traditional korymbos, a fine, bejeweled fabric that encases the top hair in a glob-like fashion. digital description: wall description: Lion hunting was a traditional royal sport in ancient Near Eastern cultures and was frequently incorporated into artwork, such as Assyrian (about 912–612 BC) palace reliefs. Thematically, depictions of the hunt in royal artwork bridge the pre- and post-Islamic worlds. This dish features the Sasanian ruler Hormizd II (reigned from AD 303–9), identifiable by his distinctive crown. The style of the king’s and horse’s equipment suggest that this dish was made long after he died, perhaps as a commemorative work by a much later successor, Hormizd III (reigned from AD 457-59). --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Sasanian Art in Cleveland." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 4 (1964): 66-92. page number: Mentioned: P. 73-79; Reproduced: P. 74 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25151993 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 14 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n38 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 14 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n36 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 7 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n27 Harper, Prudence Oliver. The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire. New York: Asia Society, 1978. page number: Mentioned: pp. 38, 39; reproduced: pl. 6, p.39 url: Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. page number: Reproduced: p. 338, fig. 22 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914 Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. page number: p. 28 url: Drayman Weisser, Terry. Gilded Metals: History, Technology and Conservation. London, England: Archetype Publications in association with the American Institute of Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 2000. page number: p. 179, fig. 10.11 url: May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. page number: p. 116 url: Demange, F. Les Perses sassanides: fastes d'un empire oublié, 224-642 : Musée Cernuschi, Musée des arts de l'Asie de la ville de Paris, 15 septembre-30 décembre 2006. Paris: Paris musées, 2006. page number: cat. no. 29, p. 89 url: Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. page number: p. 38 url: Demange, F. Glass, Gilding, & Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642). New York: Asia Society, 2007. page number: p. 25, fig. 12 url: Spier, Jeffrey, Timothy F. Potts, and Sara E. Cole. Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2022. page number: Mentioned: pp. 320-321; reproduced: p. 273 and 320, fig 171 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.150/1962.150_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.150/1962.150_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.150/1962.150_full.tif