Detail View: The AMICA Library: Horse-Shaped Drinking Vessel
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1964.41
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Iran
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Iran, Sasanian
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Title:
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Horse-Shaped Drinking Vessel
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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200-325
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Creation Start Date:
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200
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Creation End Date:
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325
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Materials and Techniques:
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silver, partially gilt
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork
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Style or Period:
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Sasanian
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 21cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1964.41
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Credit Line:
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John L. Severance Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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The horse was a favorite artistic subject in ancient Iran, where horsebreeding flourished. This muscular Sasanian stallion was descended from the royal and sacred Nisean breed of the Achaemenian Persians.Although Sasanian horse-trappings were elaborate,they did not include stirrups for mounting. In this rendition, the steed lies still, as camels in the Near East do today, waiting for its rider to mount. The medallions on each shoulder contain busts, perhaps of rulers of different parts of the SasanianEmpire, holding their rings of authority.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1964.41.tif
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