Shallow bowl

Object Details

• Provenance

  ?

  Noted as found in Northwest British India, modern day Pakistan

  [1]

  At least 1940-1945

  Hagop Kevorkian, New York, method of acquisition unknown [2]

  From 1945

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Phyllis Ackerman, "Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art" [exhibition catalog], (New York: The Iranian Institute, 1940), p. 325. See also, Kurt Weitzmann, "Three "Bactrian" Silver Vessels with Illustrations from Euripides, in The Art Bulletin (Dec. 1943, vol. 25), no. 4, p. 307 (illustrated).

  [2] See Ackerman, 325. Kevorkian owned the bowl when it was lent to the exhibition in 1940. See also Hagop Kevorkian invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, July 6, 1945, and marked approved on July 6, 1945, by A. G. Wenley, copy in object file.

  [3] See note 2.

  Research updated April 19, 2023

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)

  Ancient Art of the Near East (November 21, 2009 to December 1, 2011)

  Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)

  Ancient Near Eastern Metalware (December 18, 1984 to February 24, 1986)

  Pre-Islamic Metalwork from the Near East (April 15, 1983 to April 4, 1984)

  Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)

  Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)

  2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Metalwork (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)

  Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Metalwork (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)

  Special Exhibition of Persian Art (May 1, 1960 to August 11, 1961)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts, Gallery 6, 1947 (April 23 to October 3, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1947 (June 18, 1947 to October 26, 1955)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Central Asia

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Sackler Gallery 21: Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran

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• Date

  300s, 400s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Place

  Central Asia

• Topic

  Gilding, Repoussé, Hammering, Silver, Art, Animals, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651), Eagles, Chasing, Bears, Metal-work

• Culture

  Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes