id: 138361 accession number: 1962.294 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.294 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:57.855000 Anahita Vessel, 300–500 CE. Iran, Sasanian Empire (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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer 1962.294 title: Anahita Vessel title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 300–500 CE creation date earliest: 300 creation date latest: 500 current location: 102A Ancient Near East creditline: Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer copyright: --- culture: Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE) technique: silver, cast, raised, repoussé, chased, and gilted department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 18.5 x 11.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1963) opening date: 1963-11-27T05:00:00 Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964). title: Paintings by Tao-chi opening date: 1967-08-13T04:00:00 Paintings by Tao-chi. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (August 13-September 29, 1967). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1963.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 50, no. 10, 1963, pp. 263–94. page number: Listed and reproduced no. 158. url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25151974 Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Sasanian Art in Cleveland.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 51, no. 4, 1964, pp. 66–92. page number: Discussed p. 83-86, Reproduced figs. 22-23, color plate p.81 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25151993 Harper, Prudence Oliver. "The Heavenly Twins." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 23, no. 5 (January 1965): 186-196.
 page number: Reproduced: p. 190, fig. 5 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3258131 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 Gibbons, D.F., K.C. Ruhl and L.S. Staikoff, "Analysis of Sasanian Silver Objects: A Comparison of Techniques" Archaeological Chemistry. June 1, 1974 , 11-21. page number: url: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ba-1974-0138.ch002 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 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. 21 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914 Overlaet, Bruno, ed. Hofkunst van de Sassanieden, Het Perzische Rijk Tussen Rome En China (224-642). Brussels, KMKG, 1993. page number: Discussed p. 99, Plate 84. url: 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. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 179, fig. 10.12 url: Ettinghausen, Richard. "Dionysiac Motifs." In Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World. Eva R. Hoffman, editor. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007. page number: Reproduced: p. 53, fig. 44 url: David Aaron Ancient Arts (Gallery). David Aaron.
London : [David Aaron], 2017. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 113, fig. 1 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.294/1962.294_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.294/1962.294_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.294/1962.294_full.tif