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The Sasanians are best known today for their expert work in silver. This museum is fortunate to have one of the most important collections of Sasanian silver vessels in the world.
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142398
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Stepped Pitcher
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142398
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object
title
Stepped Pitcher
description
The Sasanians are best known today for their expert work in silver. This museum is fortunate to have one of the most important collections of Sasanian silver vessels in the world.
date
400–600 CE
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en
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Q60759091
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Metalwork
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Overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
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Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)
accession
1966.21
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silver
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Stepped Pitcher, 400–600 CE. Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE). Silver; overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1966.21
collection
Near Eastern Art
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 53, no. 7, 1966, pp. 181–284.
page_number
No. 127.
citation
Grabar, Oleg. <em>Sasanian Silver: Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Arts of Luxury from Iran : August-September 1967, the University of Michigan Museum of Art.</em> [Ann Arbor]: The Museum, 1967.
page_number
no. 44, Reproduced p. 128
citation
Vanden Berghe, Louis. <em>Hofkunst van de Sassanieden: het Perzische rijk tussen Rome en China (224-642) ; 12 februari tot 25 april 1993</em>. Brussels: Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, 1993.
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pl. 87, p. 100
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:18:25.100000
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142398
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Near Eastern Art
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silver
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