Vessel

Object Details

• Provenance

  To about 1946

  John Mallet, to about 1946 [1]

  From about 1946 to 2001

  Laurance P. Roberts, Rome, Italy, and Baltimore, MD, given by John Mallet, in about 1946 [2]

  From 2001

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Laurance P. and Isabel Roberts in 2001

  Notes:

  [1] The vessel was acquired by Laurance P. Roberts soon after he arrived in Rome as Director of the American Academy in 1946.

  It was a gift to him from Mr. John Mallet, who had served as secretary to the head of the British Legation in Iran.

  Mr. Roberts, who has offered to provide a written account, reports that he has always assumed that the vessel was obtained in Iran and given to Mr. Mallet by his former chief (according to Provenance Remark 1, Ann Gunter, March 24, 2001, in the object record).

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  John Mallet

  Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

• Origin

  Luristan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Laurance and Isabel Roberts

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Roberts, Laurance P., Mallet, John

• Place

  Luristan

• Topic

  Bronze, Iron Age III (ca. 800 - 500 BCE), Art, Sculpture, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metal-work

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)