Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Small hemispherical bowl, golden in color, with irregular recessed line encircling the outer surface just below the rim. In the interior, three recessed concentric lines encircle a tiny depression.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Gladys Scott

  Kathryn Scott Kubichek (American, 1919-2008)

  Clarence Kubichek (1916-2008)

• Provenance

  From the early to mid-1960s

  Gladys Scott, acquired in Iran in the early to mid-1960s [1]

  To 1997

  Kathryn Scott Kubichek, Blairstown, Iowa, by descent from Gladys Scott, to 1997

  From 1997

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Kathryn Scott Kubichek and Clarence Kubichek in 1997

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Note 1 in the object record.

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Kathryn and Clarence Kubichek in memory of Gladys Scott

• 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

  700s, 500s

• Name

  Scott, Gladys, Kubichek, Kathryn Scott, Kubichek, Clarence

• Topic

  Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes