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Ornament
Ornament

Ornament

Date6th-2nd century B.C.
Object number56.163
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, November 3, 2012 - December 8, 2013 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Documents International: Eleven Heads Are Better than One: Sixth Graders Connect with SAM, April 1, 1999 - April 2, 2000 Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jewelry of the Ancient World, May 20, 1969 - July 13, 1969, cat. 77Published ReferencesJewelry of the Ancient World, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1969, cat. 77 and cover Rogers, Millard B. "Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 14
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsDiameter: 1 3/4in. (4.4cm)
MediumGold
Figure of a Deity
Persian
Object number: 48.39
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Persian
ca. 5th century B.C.
Object number: 65.137
Figure of Pawenhatef with naos (shrine of Osiris)
Egyptian, Sais, Late (Persian) Period
525 - 404 B.C.
Object number: 47.63
Ornament, crouching stag
Pre-Islamic
6th-2nd century B.C.
Object number: 69.76
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Persian
ca. 1000-1100
Object number: 68.21
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Persian
1625
Object number: 33.1564
Photo: Paul Macapia
Persian
ca. 1590-1630 or later
Object number: 40.36
Photo: Paul Macapia
Persian
probably 18th century
Object number: 40.37
Photo: Paul Macapia
Persian
18th century
Object number: 40.38
Prisoner before the Shah
Persian
ca. 1650
Object number: 56.169