Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Silver bowl partially gilt, showing king Kavadh I hunting ibex and gazelle.

• Provenance

  To 1962

  K. Rabenou, New York, New York. [1]

  From 1962

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from K. Rabenou, New York, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• 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)

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

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

  Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Khalil Rabenou (1906-1961)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

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

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  300s, 400s

• Name

  Rabenou, Khalil

• Topic

  Gilding, Repoussé, Hammering, Art, Hunting, Carving, Gazelle, Portraits, Incising, Chasing, Ibex, Metal-work, Silver, Animals, King, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651), Horses

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes