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Source Description
Every good Zoroastrian was supposed to spend one-third of his day farming; one-third philosophizing; and one-third eating, resting, and at pleasure. The abundance of Sasanian luxury goods is evidence of the importance accorded the last third of the day.
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Document identity
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136662
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Hunt Pitcher
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object
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136662
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object
title
Hunt Pitcher
description
Every good Zoroastrian was supposed to spend one-third of his day farming; one-third philosophizing; and one-third eating, resting, and at pleasure. The abundance of Sasanian luxury goods is evidence of the importance accorded the last third of the day.
date
500–600
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60757682
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 13.4 x 9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
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Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)
accession
1961.2
Source extras
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silver
tombstone
Hunt Pitcher, 500–600. Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE). Silver; overall: 13.4 x 9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1961.200
collection
Near Eastern Art
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 48, no. 9, 1961, pp. 219–51.
page_number
no. 57
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. “Annual Report for 1961.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–45.
page_number
p. 131
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Sasanian Art in Cleveland.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 51, no. 4 (April 1964): 66–92.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 89-92, figs. 30-32, color plate B p. 80
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 15
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 15
citation
Ettinghausen, Richard. <em>From Byzantium to Sasanian Iran and the Islamic World; Three Modes of Artistic Influence.</em> Leiden: Brill, 1972.
page_number
Pl. VIII no. 28
citation
Watt, James C. Y., and Prudence Oliver Harper. <em>China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004.
page_number
Discussed p. 51-52, reproduced fig. 42.
citation
Matos, Maria Antónia Pinto de, and Rose Kerr. <em>Tankards and Mugs: Drinking from Chinese Export Porcelain</em>. London: Jorge Welsh Books, 2016.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 16, fig. 4
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:58:36.133000
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136662
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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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