Stamp seal

Object Details

• Description

  Dome shaped stamp seal with a male bust motif. A diadem separates parallel lines of hair on crown from face, pointed beard indicated with fine lines. Pleats of robe on chest. Traces of inscription located opposite to the human face.

• Provenance

  From 1930s

  Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr., purchased in Iran in the 1930s. [1]

  Duncan M. Whittome, by gift or inheritance from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr. [2]

  To 1993

  Duncan M. Whittome, Revocable Trust. [3]

  From 1993

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Duncan M. Whittome, Revocable Trust. [4]

  Notes:

  [1] Purchased in Iran by the parents of Duncan Whittome, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr., while in the Foreign Service during the 1930s.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

  [4] See note 3.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ambassador and Mrs. James S. Moose Jr.

  Duncan M. Whittome

  Duncan M. Whittome Revocable Trust

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Duncan M. Whittome Revocable Trust in memory of Ambassador and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr.

• Type

  Tool and Equipment

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Duncan M. Whittome Revocable Trust, Whittome, Duncan M., Moose, James S.

• Topic

  Art, Dome-shaped seal, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Men, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651), Sasanian Pahlavi script, Stamp seal, Face

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Tools and equipment