Plate with king hunting lions
Date241-272 A.D.
Label TextMetal was a highly prized medium in the Islamic world. It could be wrought for personal adornment, for use in the home, for weapons and for currency. Metalwork used the same repertoire of decorative motifs as those on ceramics- figures, animals, plants, geometric patterns and calligraphy- but metals were even more elaborately covered with these images. Pre-Islamic metalworking traditions-from Sasanian Iran for example-continued to be used in Italy, in Iran and everywhere in between.
Object number66.103
ProvenanceN. Cohen, Teheran, Iran via Samuel Dubiner, Tel Aviv, Israel; Charles E. Merrill Trust, November 18, 1966
Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E., Seattle Art Museum: Accessions '66, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer/Northwest Today, January 22, 1967, illus.
Art of Asian Recently Acquired by American Museums, in Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 21, 1967-68, p. 91, fig. 53
Fuller, Richard E. The Beauty of Oriental Art, in Today's Art, December 1, 1969 pp. 20-21
Rogers, Millard B., Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 18.Credit LineCharles E. Merrill Trust
Dimensions1 15/16 in. (4.92 cm)
Diam.: 10 5/8 in.
MediumSilver
Pre-Islamic
6th century B.C. - 5th century B.C.
Object number: 65.32
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