id: 141660 accession number: 1965.25 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.25 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:13.506000 Lion Hunting Cup , 1100–1000 BCE. Iran, Amlash. 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1100–1000 BCE creation date earliest: -1100 creation date latest: -1000 current location: 102A Ancient Near East creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Amlash technique: silver, raised, chased, repoussé department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1965 opening date: 1965-10-27T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1965. 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 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 * {'description': 'The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran. 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).', 'opening_date': '1961-10-19T04:00:00Z'} --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Shepherd, D.G. "Four Early Silver Objects from Iran." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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. Persia: From the Origins to Alexander the Great. [London]: Thames and Hudson, 1964. page number: 34, Fig. 38 url: Musée du Petit Palais (Paris, France), and Roman Ghirshman. Sept Mille Ans D'art En Iran: [Exposition] Petit Palais, Octobre 1961 - Janvier 1962. [Paris]: Petit Palais, 1961. page number: no. 68, Pl. IX url: Godard, André, Michael Heron, and Michael Rogers. The Art of Iran. New York: Praeger, 1965. page number: p. 90, fig. 110 url: 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. 10 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n34 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. 10 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n32 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. 2 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n22 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 7 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n22 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.25/1965.25_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.25/1965.25_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.25/1965.25_full.tif