id: 141487
accession number: 1964.96
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Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton, 500–700. Sasanian, Iran, 600s or Turk Shahi dynasty, Kabul, Afghanistan, 500s. Silver, with mercury gilding and glass inlays; overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1964.96
title: Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton
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creation date: 500–700
creation date earliest: 500
creation date latest: 700
current location: 102A Ancient Near East
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Sasanian, Iran, 600s or Turk Shahi dynasty, Kabul, Afghanistan, 500s
technique: silver, with mercury gilding and glass inlays
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Near Eastern Art
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
opening date: 1966-09-10T04:00:00
Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).
title: Masterpieces of 50 Centuries
opening date: 1970-11-10T05:00:00
Masterpieces of 50 Centuries. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (November 10, 1970-February 15, 1971).
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: Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink
opening date: 1983-07-26T04:00:00
Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 26-October 9, 1983).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Dr. Elie Borowski, Toronto, Ontario, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1964
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1964-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Frank Chalton Francis. Fiftieth Anniversary Banquet: The Cleveland Museum of Art, the Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel, June 13, 1966. [Cleveland]: [The Museum], 1966.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 8-9
url: https://archive.org/details/50thAnniversary/page/n17
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr1432
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Artnews 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64.
Published as: The Goddess Dravspa
page number: Reproduced: p. 35; Mentioned p. 63
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Shepherd, Dorothy G., and Joseph Ternbach. “Two Silver Rhyta.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 53, no. 8, 1966, pp. 289–317.
page number: Cover, inside cover. Fig.3
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152114
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. 6
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n26
Harper, Prudence Oliver. The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire. New York: Asia Society, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 68; mentioned: pl. 23, pp. 69-71
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Harper, Prudence Oliver. The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire. New York: Asia Society, 1978.
page number: pp. 69-71, no. 23.
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Brentjes, Burchard, and Karin Rührdanz. Mittelasien, Kunst des Islam. Leipzig: Seemann, VEB, 1979.
page number: Pl. 115.
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Carter, Martha L. “An Indo-Iranian Silver Rhyton in the Cleveland Museum.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 41, no. 4, 1979, pp. 309–25.
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url: https://doi.org/10.2307/3249540
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. 340, fig. 27
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterpieces from East and West. New York, NY: Rizzoli International, 1992.
page number: Discussed and reproduced p. 16.
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Châtelet, Albert, and Bernard Philippe Groslier. Histoire de l'art: peinture, sculpture, architecture, arts décoratifs. [Paris]: Larousse, 1998.
page number: p. 611
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Sugimura, Tō. Sekai bijutsu daizenshū = New history of world art. tōyō(17), tōyō(17). 1999.
page number: p. 155, fig. 171
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Louis, François. “The Hejiacun Rhyton and the Chinese Wine Horn (Gong): Intoxicating Rarities and Their Antiquarian History.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 67, no. 2, 2007, pp. 201–42.
page number: Discussed p. 207. Fig. 9.
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25261880
Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: pp. 60-1
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Minardi, Michele. 2015. "A Silver Rhyton from Afghanistan Held in the Cleveland Museum of Art and Its Historical Context," Journal asiatique 303.1: 59-86.
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Kosmin, Paul. "Banqueting on the Move." In Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings.Susanne Ebbinghaus,ed., 310-341. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Art Museums, 2018.
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 333, fig. 7.25
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"Education." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 6 (November/December 2019): 24.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 24.
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 54
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