Relief with Two Fighting Horsemen, Star Medallion

Date12th - 13th century

Object number54.29

ProvenanceFormerly in possession of [Demotte, New York and Paris, prior to 1938], when published in Pope; (unknown, 1938-1945); in possession of [Demotte, New York and Paris, 1945], when published in Pope; (unknown, 1945-1954); [Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, 1954]; purchased from gallery by the Seattle Art Museum, 1954

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Exhibition of Persian Art, Apr.-July, 1940 Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, 1951 Rome, Italy, Palazzo Brancaccio, Exhibition Of Iranian Art, 1956 Paris, France, Petit Palais, 7000 Years of Art in Iran, October 1961 - January 1962 (Circuit, 1962-63: Essen, Germany, Villa Hugel; The Hague, Netherlands, Gemeente-Museum; Zurich, Switzerland, Kunsthaus; Vienna, Austria, Osterreichisches Museum Fur Angewandte Kunst; Milan, Italy, Palazzo Reale) New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs." Apr. 25-July 24, 2016. Text by Sheila R. Canby, et al. Cat. no. 74, p. 144.Published ReferencesPope. Arthur Upham. "Survey of Persian Art," V (1930), pl. 515; II, p. 1305 (Parnassus, Apr. 1931), p. 33 (in possession of Demotte Gall.) Pope, Arthur Upham. "Masterpieces of Persian Art." New York: The Dryden Press, 1945. Plate 67, page 103 (illus). Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, Mostra d'arte Iranica/Exhibition of Iranian Art, 1956, p. 257 (451), pl. LXVIII Nakai, Ghods. Sept Mille Ans d'Art en Iran. Paris: Petit Palais, 1961; p. 181, no. 996. Paris, Petit Palais, cat. "7000 Years of Art in Iran," (1961), no. 996, pl. XCVII, 2 Essen, Germany, "7000 Jahre Kunst in Iran," (1962), no. 514, ill. Vienna, Osterreichisches Mus. fur Angewandte Kunst, "Kunstschatze aus Iran," (1963) no 631, fig. 69 Rogers, Millard B. "Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 33. Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 3, December 1978, illus. on cover Pope, Arthur Upham. "A Survey of Persian Art: From Prehistoric Times to the Present, Volume V, Plates 511-980: Architectural Ornament, Pottery and Faience, The Art of the Book." London and New York: Oxford University Press, published under the auspices of the American Institute for Iranian Art and Archaeology, 1981, p. 515 (illus). Bacharach, Jere L., "Data Bank Uses: Examples from the Seattle Art Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art", ARTS AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD, v. 4, no. 4: p. 45-47, Autumn-Winter 1987/8. Shogakakun, GRANDE ENCICLOPEDIA DELL'ARTE, November, 1988. Nelson, Robert S., "Palaeologan Illuminated Ornament and the Arabesque," WIENER JAHRBUCH FUR KUNSTGESCHICHTE, Bohlau Verlag Wien - Koln - Graz, 1988, fig. 22, p. 15, ill. p. 160. Nicolle, Dr. David, HEROES AND WARRIORS OF THE CRESCENT, Firebird Books, Poole, Dorset, England, 1991.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions43 1/8 x 19 3/4 in. (109.5 x 50.2 cm)

MediumStucco