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Silver Bowl with seated ruler, from Iran or Afghan
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Topic: Silver Bowl with seated ruler, from Iran or Afghan Posted: 26-Sep-2016 at 02:10
I first saw this
Silver Bowl with seated ruler and attendants, from Iran or Afghanistan (Ghaznavid?), 11th century, State Hermitage Museum inv. S-499, St. Petersburg in a research paper, then found it on the museum's digital site. Does anyone known anything about this bowl? The lions seem to have Chinese influence.
Having a throne supported by animals is typical of Sassanid enthronement scenes. The figures wear right-over-left coats with lapels.
Similar lapels are found on a
Cup with horseman, Khwarezm c.7th-8th Century, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg , a
Bowl with figures in coat with lapels and hanging sleeves or shawl, 10th Century, Nishapur, Eastern Iran and on
Kizil cave donor figures, in coats with lapels, Tarim Basin .
Does anyone know more about the attendants' hats?
All 3 figures have halos of a similar shape to the
halo of the Khwarezm horseman . A few earlier Sasanian plates have circular halos:
the Strelka dish , of Khusrau I with his Court, 6th century AD , the
'Yazdgard I Plate', a Sasanian King Hunting a Stag on foot and the
'Pereshchepina Plate', a mounted Sasanian King Hunting Mountain Sheep .
Halos also appear in the
Eight Kings of the Relics Story, Maya Cave, Kizil, Tarim Basin ,
Cave of the Sixteen Sword Bearers, Kizil Caves, near Kucha, Tarim Basin (halos as a dark circlular outline) and on a
horseman and camel-rider from Dandan-Uiliq at Khotan, Tarim Basin and others. These include a lot of Bhudist influence.
'Nimbus' can be used instead of 'halo' but I'm not sure what the plural is. I haven't noticed any halos on
bowls with figures from Nishapur, Kurasan, Iran, 9th-10th centuries, Saffarid-Samanid period .
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Plates with figures from Persia and Central Asia
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Posted: 30-Sep-2016 at 18:53
Art perse is not my fortay...at best I'm a horrible layman and appreciate only what I uniquely 'do'. ancient is fascinating to me for other reasons than the 'beauty. matter of fact I am more interested in ancient martial music and it's use by ancient armies. Ntl below is a link to one of the best museums I've ever visited; and wandered thru the A art section.
In answer to your question use the contact sublink and see if those folks can give u more info.
http:// www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/ancient-near-eastern-art
see: http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/ancient-near-eastern-art
Edited by medenaywe - 01-Oct-2016 at 00:54
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Posted: 30-Sep-2016 at 22:15
That's a question for an antiquarian expert in this. I don't recall seeing a convention similar. There is some symbolism in there as well. Interesting.
A further thought, Cyrus might know something about this. It's from his neck of the woods.
Edited by red clay - 30-Sep-2016 at 22:20
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