Plate

Object Details

• Description

  A plate with a flat base and sides that rise to a flattened rim. The exterior is plain. The interior is engraved with two plain bands on either side of a hatched band that define a large circular field. Within the field, carved in low relief, is a winged female lion in profile facing left with tongue extended from an open mouth. Hatched bands emphasize the lower jaw, mane and belly. The shoulder muscle is shown in a heart shaped pattern enclosing flame-like tufts. A scalloped pattern appears at the base of the wing feathers.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  The Shahnama: 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings (October 23, 2010 to April 17, 2011)

  The Heroic Past: The Persian Book of Kings (June 4 to October 29, 2000)

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

  Nomads and Nobility: Art from the Ancient Near East (September 28, 1987 to November 1, 1992)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

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

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s, 700s

• Topic

  Bronze, Hammering, Cats, Art, Animals, Carving, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651), Mythological animal, Engraving (incising), Metal-work

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes