id:			141660
accession number:	1965.25
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.25
updated:		2023-08-24 11:35:33.063000

Lion Hunting Cup , 1100–1000 BC. Northwestern Iran, Amlash, 12th-11th century BC. Silver, raised, chased, repoussé; overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1965.25

title:				Lion Hunting Cup 
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creation date:			1100–1000 BC
creation date earliest:		-1100
creation date latest:		-1000
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Northwestern Iran, Amlash, 12th-11th century BC
technique:	silver, raised, chased, repoussé
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

	title:		All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection
	opening date:   1994-11-23T05:00:00
	<i>All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection</i>. 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

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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Shepherd, D.G. "Four Early Silver Objects from Iran." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>53.2 (February 1966): 38-50.
	page number: 	Figs. 1, 3, 4
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152087?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

	Ghirshman, Roman. <em>Persia: From the Origins to Alexander the Great.</em> [London]: Thames and Hudson, 1964.
	page number: 	34, Fig. 38
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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. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n34

	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. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n32

	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. 2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n22

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n22

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