Plate

Object Details

• Description

  Silver plate with a low ring foot. On the exterior are shallow vertical flutes radiating from the foot ring to the rim. The rim is plain.

  In the interior center is the figure of a horse in profile, facing right, entirely gilded. Horse has head topknot, crenellated mane, ribbon from bridle; blanket and saddle, phalerae; ribbons tied to top of tail and near end of tail.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Discovery and Deceit: Archaeology and the Forger's Craft (October 11, 1996 to May 18, 1997)

  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

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s, 700s

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)