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Exhibition Review
Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 895–898
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Reviewer:
Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Greece / Persia
styles:
Achaemenid / Parthian / Sassanian / Hellenistic / Greek (ancient) School
subjects:
Antiquity / Material culture (genre)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece British Museum, London 4th May–13th August | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Plate showing a banqueting scene based on the triumph of Dionysos. Parthian or early Sasanian, 100– 300. Silver and gold, diameter 22.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
8. Drinking mug in the form of a lion’s head. Greek, 500–470 BC. Pottery with redfigure decoration, height 14 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
9. Rhyton terminating in a stag’s head decorated with episodes from the myths of Herakles and Theseus. Hellenistic (found in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria), c.300 BC. Gold, height 13.7 cm. (National Museum of History, Sofia; exh. British Museum, London).
Article
Ancient foreign glassware in Silla kingdom tombs
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 957-967
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Author:
Perrin, Ariane (Perrin, Ariane)
Subjects
dates:
0290-0299 / 0300-0399 / 0400-0499 / 0500-0599
media:
Korean / Glassware / Vessels / Beadwork / Jewellery / Ornament
places:
Korea
subjects:
Sources / East-West trade / Sassanian / Roman (ancient) / Scientific analysis / Asian art
subjects:
Silla Kingdom (Korea)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Map of modern South Korea, showing the location of Kyongju.
Attributed works:
17. Bowl. Silla, Kyongju, Sŏbong (‘Auspicious Phoenix’) tomb. Fifth century. Glass with raised band, height 5.2 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Attributed works:
6. Vertical cross-section showing the internal structure of the wooden chamber tomb of the Hwangnam Great Tomb, Kyongju. (From Soyoung Lee and D.P. Leidy, eds: exh. cat. Silla, Korea’s Golden Kingdom, New York (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 2013, p.42, fig.3.6).
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Cup. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great tomb, north mound. Fifth century. Glass with concave round cut facets, height 6.6 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Footed cup. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, north mound. Fifth century. Glass with wood-grain pattern, height 7.7 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Glass fragment. Paekche, Sabi period (538–660), South Ch’ungch’ŏng province, Nŭngsan-ni Buddhist temple, 567. Glass, height 1.8 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Beaker. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, south mound. Fifth century. Glass with blue trail ornament, height 12.8 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Beaker. Silla, Kyongju, Ch’ŏnma (‘Heavenly Horse’) tomb. Before fifth century. Blue glass with ribs and facets, height 7.4 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Beaker. Silla, Kyongju, Wŏlsŏng tomb (no.Ka-13). Late fourth century. Glass with mesh pattern and blue trailing, height 12.5 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Cups. Silla, Kyongju, Kŭmnyŏng (‘Gold bell’) tomb. Fifth century. Glass, height 7.3 cm each. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Bowl. China, Northern Wei, Shanxi province, Datong tomb. Fifth century. Glass with raised band, height 4.7 cm. (Datong City Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Chestlace. Silla, Kyongju, Wŏlsŏng tomb (no.Ka-13). Fourth century. Cobalt-blue glass beads, jade pendant and gold spacers, length 43.5 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Bowl. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, north mound. Fifth century. Silver with repoussé decoration, height 3.8 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Blue bead with yellow ‘eyes’. Silla, Kyongju, Kyerim-no tomb (no.14), early sixth century. Glass, height 4.9 cm. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Placement of glass objects in the south burial of the Hwangnam Great Tomb, Kyongju. (From Soyoung Lee and D.P. Leidy, eds: exh. cat. Silla, Korea’s Golden Kingdom, New York (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 2013, p.119, fig.6.1).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Blue beads with yellow ‘eyes’. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, north mound. Fifth century. Glass, dimensions vary. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul; photograph courtesy James W. Lankton).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Ewer. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, south mound. Fifth century. Glass and gold thread, height 25 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Cup. Silla, Kyongju, Hwangnam Great Tomb, north mound. Before fifth century. Cobalt-blue glass, height 7.7 cm. (Kyongju National Museum).
Book Review
The Wyvern Collection: Byzantine and Sasanian Silver, Enamels and Works of Art
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1081-1083
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Reviewer:
Drpić, Ivan (Drpić, Ivan)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Wyvern Collection
subjects:
Byzantine art / Sassanian / Silverwork / Enamels / Collections
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Wyvern Collection: Byzantine and Sasanian Silver, Enamels and Works of Art By Marco Aimone. 552 pp. incl. 300 col. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2020), £65. ISBN 978–0–500–25249–9. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Enkolpion in the form of a miniature triptych. 11th century. Gold, cloisonné and champlevé enamels and lead, height 7.1 cm. (Wyvern Collection).
Exhibition Review
Epic Iran
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 826-839
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Reviewer:
Babaie, Susan (Babaie, Susan)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Iran / Persia
styles:
Achaemenid / Parthian / Sassanian / Islamic / Safavid
subjects:
History / Ceramics / Metalwork / Manuscripts / Archaeology / Architectural history / Mosques / Paintings / Silverwork
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Epic Iran Victoria and Albert Museum, London 29th May–12th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Ladies around a samovar, by Isma’il Jalayir. c.1870s. Oil on canvas, 156.5 by 213 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Qaran unhorses Barman. Tabriz, Iran, c.1525–35. Ink, watercolour and gold on paper, 47 by 31.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Figurine of a man. 3200–2900 BC. Bronze, height 17.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Full-size painted copy of a section of the interior of the dome of the Mosque of Sheikh Lutfallah, Isfahan. 1877. Oil and pigments on canvas, 1024 by 216 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
The funerary couch of An Jia and the art of Sogdian immigrants in sixth-century China
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 820-829
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Subjects
dates:
0570-0579 / 0580-0589
media:
Stone / Metalwork
places:
Xi'an (China)
styles:
Sogdian / Sassanian / Chinese art
subjects:
An Jia (518-79) / Mortuary objects / Zoroastrianism / Buddhist / Carvings / Bas-reliefs / Gilding / Merchants
subjects:
Funerary art
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Cover of An Jia’s tombstone. 579. Limestone, 47 by 47 cm. (Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Xi’an).
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Detail of Fig.3, showing a scene of dancing from the left side panel.
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Ewer decorated with female figures. Sasanian, c.sixth–seventh century AD. Silver with gilding, 35.5 by 16.9 by 14 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art, Washington).
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Detail of a stone mortuary couch. c.Sixth century. Limestone, paint and gilding. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Detail of an altarpiece with Maitreya and attendants, showing donor figures. 524. Gilt bronze, height 76.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Seated Buddha. c.550–77. Limestone, paint and gilding. 120 cm. (Qingzhou Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Ewer showing Greek mythological scenes. Sasanian, fifth–sixth century AD. Silver with gilding, 37.5 by 12.8 cm. (Guyuan Museum).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. The funerary couch of An Jia. 579. Limestone, paint and gilding, 228 by 103 by 117 cm. (Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Xi’an).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Decorative screen of the couch depicted in Fig.2. Upper tier: back panel; lower tier: left- and right-side panels.
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Gable of the stone gate in the An Jia tomb. 579. Limestone, paint and gilding, 66 by 128 cm. (Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Xi’an).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Detail of Fig.3, showing the portrait of a couple on the left side panel.
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Detail of Fig.3, showing an ox cart on the right side panel.
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Detail of Fig.3, showing a scene of ram hunting in the upper section and boar hunting in the lower.
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Plate depicting a king hunting rams. Sasanian, c.fifth–sixth century AD. Silver with gilding, 4.6 by 21.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Plate depicting a king hunting boar. Sasanian, c.fourth century AD. Silver with gilding, 5 by 24 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art, Washington).
Article
Parthian and Sasanian Metalwork in the Bomford Collection
06/1976 | 879 | 118
Pages: 356+358-361
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Author:
Moorey, P. R. S. (Moorey, P. R. S.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Bomford, James
places:
England / London
places:
Persia / Iran
subjects:
Collections, Private / Metalwork
subjects:
Persian / Sassanian / Parthian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
10. 'White-Bronze' (Speculum) Jar. South Caspian Area, Third or Fourth Century A. D. Height, 13 cm. Diameter of Mouth (Including Rim Flange), 7.1 cm. (Collection James Bomford).
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Cast Bronze Handle-Plate for a Vessel. ?Sasanian, Period Uncertain. Greatest Height, 17 cm. Wing Span 21.2 cm. (Collection James Bomford).
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Reverse of the Handle-Plate Illustrated in Fig.11.
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Silver-Gilt Bowl. ?Syria, about Second Half of Second Century B. C. Height, 6.7 cm. Diameter of Mouth, 11.8 cm. (Collection James Bomford).
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Sheet Bronze Lid(?). Early Sasanian Period, about Early Fourth Century A. D. Length, 14.3 cm. Maximum Width, 7 cm. (Collection James Bomford).
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: Acquisitions in the Department of Ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum (1968-70)
06/1971 | 819 | 113
Pages: 327-335
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Author:
Archer, Michael (Archer, Michael)
Author:
Charleston, R. J. (Charleston, R. J.; C., R. J.; Charleston, Robert; Charleston, Robert Jesse)
Author:
Mallet, J. V. G. (Mallet, J. V. G.; Mallet, John)
Subjects
artists:
Duvivier, Michel-Joseph
artists:
Simmen, Henri
dates:
1970-1979
dates:
1960-1969
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
subjects:
Ceramics / Acquisitions / Art museums
subjects:
Persian / Byzantine art / Chinese / French / German / Pottery / Porcelain
subjects:
Glassware / Islamic / Iranian
subjects:
Sassanian / Persian
subjects:
Ceramics / Delftware
subjects:
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Illustrations
Attributed works:
48. Plate. Belgian (Tournay), 1763-71. Soft-Paste Porcelain, Painted in Crimson Enamel and Gilt. Marks, Crossed Swords and Three Crosses in Gilding, the Initials 'ID' Followed by Three Dots All in Crimson, and the Letter 'R' Incised; Diameter, 23 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.78-1969.)
Attributed works:
50. Plate. English (Derby), c.1760-70. Soft-Paste Porcelain, Painted in Enamel Colours and Gilt. Inscribed on the Rear-Wing of a Butterfly Are the Letters: 'Thos. Fl....'; Diameter, 21 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.10-1970.)
Attributed works:
57. Vase. French (Meudon), c.1900-10. Salt-Glazed Stoneware Painted in Black Enamel and Gilt. Mark, 'H. Simmen' in Black Enamel on Base; Height, 34.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.13-1970.)
Non-western art unattributed:
39. Beaker. Persian, Probably Tenth Century A. D. Clear, Colourless Glass with Trailed Decoration; Height, 11 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.21-1970.)
Non-western art unattributed:
40. Rhyton in the Form of a Boot. Persian, Probably Fifth-Sixth Century A. D. or Later. Greenish Glass Engraved on the Wheel; Height, 15.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.75-1969.)
Non-western art unattributed:
41. Ewer. Persian, Probably Twelfth-Thirteenth Century A. D. Yellowish Glass Blown in a Dimpled Mould, and with a Blue Thread round the Rim; Height, 21.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.27-1968.)
Non-western art unattributed:
42. Footed Bowl. Persian, Probably Fifth-Sixth Century A. D. Almost Colourless Glass (Much Weathered) with Vertical Mould-Blown Ribbing Pinched into a Mesh Design; Height 10.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.47-1969.)
Non-western art unattributed:
44. Bowl. Persian, Probably Fourth - fifth Century A. D. Greenish Glass with Decoration of Bosses Tooled from a Thick Spiral Thread; Height, 8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.26-1968.)
Non-western art unattributed:
46. Bowl. Persian (Nishapur), Ninth-Tenth Century A. D. Lead-Glazed Earthenware with Slip Decoration; Diameter, 13.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.92-1969.)
Non-western art unattributed:
49. Saucer. Chinese, Decorated in England, c.1760-65. Hard-Paste Porcelain Enamelled in Green and Black, Traces of Gilding on the Border. Inscribed on the Obelisk at the Front: 'Owen Rowe O'Neale'; Diameter, 12.1 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.21-1969.)
Western art unattributed:
43. Goblet and Cover. English, c.1690. Clear, Colourless Glass; Height with Cover, 38 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.55 & A-1969.)
Western art unattributed:
45. Ewer. English, c.1680-85, the Engraving Dutch. Colourless Glass, 'Crizzeled', Engraved on the Wheel; Height, 23.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.8919-69.)
Western art unattributed:
47. Dish. Byzantine, Probably Twelfth Century A. D. Lead-Glazed Earthenware with Design Scratched Through a White Slip ('sgraffiato'); Diameter, 20.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.20-1970.)
Western art unattributed:
51. Dish. English (London?) c.1660-70. Tin-glazed Earthenware Painted in Blue with a Figure Possibly Emblematic of 'Peace'; Diameter, 48.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.16-1970.)
Western art unattributed:
52. Dish. English (Brislington), c.1680. Tin-Glazed Earthenware Painted in Manganese-Purple, Blue and Yellow on a Duck-Egg Blue Ground; Diameter, 33 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.1-1969.)
Western art unattributed:
53. Plate. English (London), 1676. Tin-Glazed Earthenware Painted in Yellow, Blue, Purple and Green; Diameter, 21.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.86-1969.)
Western art unattributed:
54. Bowl. British ('A' Marked Class), c.1745-60. Porcelain, Enamelled with Fable Subjects. Unmarked; Diameter, 15.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.39-1970.)
Western art unattributed:
55. Bowl and Cover. English ('Girl-in-a-Swing' Factory), c.1749-54. Soft-Paste Porcelain, Painted in Enamels. Unmarked; Overall Height, 13 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.49 & A-1969.)
Western art unattributed:
56. Plate. German (Nymphenburg), c.1903-06. From a Fourteen Piece Fish Service, Porcelain Painted in Purple, Green and Gilt; Diameter, 24.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.18 to M-1970.)
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Recent Museum Acquisitions: Sassanian Glass Lamp (Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York)
07/1966 | 760 | 108
Pages: 367+369-370
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Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
museums and institutions:
Corning Museum of Glass, New York, United States
places:
Persia / United States / New York
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Glassware / Lamps / Sassanian
subjects:
Persian sculpture
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
46. Conical Lamp. Sassanian, Fourth to Early Seventh Century A. D.; Height, 24.2 cm. (Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York.)
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Recent Museum Acquisitions: Blue Glass Facet-Cut Ewer (Corning Museum of Glass, New York)
03/1966 | 756 | 108
Pages: 143+145
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Subjects
dates:
1960-1969
dates:
0100-0199 / 0200-0299
museums and institutions:
Corning Museum of Glass, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York / Iran
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions / Glassware / Ewers
subjects:
Sassanian / Parthian
subjects:
Persian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
51. Facet-Cut Ewer. Late Parthian or Early Sassanian Origin. Second-Third Century A. D. Height, 14.3 cm. (Corning Museum of Glass, New York.)
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Recent Museum Acquisitions: Bottle (Corning Museum of Glass, New York)
03/1966 | 756 | 108
Pages: 143+145
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Subjects
dates:
0200-0299 / 0300-0399
dates:
1960-1969
museums and institutions:
Corning Museum of Glass, New York, United States
places:
United States / Syria / New York
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions / Syrian / Glassware
subjects:
Sassanian
subjects:
Bottles
subjects:
Persian
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
50. Bottle. Syrian, or Perhaps Sassanian, Workmanship, Second-Fourth Century A. D. Height, 32.4 cm. (Corning Museum of Glass, New York.)
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