Jar

Object Details

• Description

  A small bronze vessel with constricted, fluted neck and slightly flaring, flat rim. Rounded body exhibits a large, but subtle, diamond-facetted pattern.

• Provenance

  From prior to 1973 to 2003

  Cynthia Helms, Washington, DC, acquired prior to 1973 [1]

  From 2003

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Cynthia Helms in 2003

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1, Ann C. Gunter, September 22, 2003, in the object record.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Cynthia Helms

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Cynthia Helms

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

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

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s, 200s

• Name

  Helms, Cynthia

• Topic

  Bronze, Art, Sculpture, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651), Metal-work

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes