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Source Description
Among the most splendid of Achaemenid arts are hammered-silver or gold vessels. This type of bowl, known by the Greek word "phiale," meaning shallow vessel, was used for ritual liquid offerings. The depressions take the form of lotus buds, an Egyptian motif that became popular among the Persians.
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Document identity
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10384
label
Shallow Vessel
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object
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10384
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object
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normalized
title
Shallow Vessel
description
Among the most splendid of Achaemenid arts are hammered-silver or gold vessels. This type of bowl, known by the Greek word "phiale," meaning shallow vessel, was used for ritual liquid offerings. The depressions take the form of lotus buds, an Egyptian motif that became popular among the Persians.
provenance
Arthur Upham Pope Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1939, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N4491]; Joseph Brummer, Sale, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, May 11, 1949, no. 128; Walters Art Musueum, Baltimore, 1949, by purchase.
date
late 6th-late 5th century BCE (Achaemenid)
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
phialae
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.2
height
29.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/16 x Diam: 11 3/4 in. (5.2 x 29.8 cm); 2.36 lb. (1.07049 kg)
Source extras
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Iranian
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repoussé silver
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6747
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ANE
exhibition_ids
2507
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1
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0
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photo
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