Openwork and engraved stand

12th - 13th century

Bronze

21 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (53.98 x 31.12 cm)

Gift of Mrs. John C. Atwood, Jr.

54.36

Provenance: [Heeramaneck Galleries, New York]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (with funds donated by Mrs. John C. {Eugenia Fuller} Atwood, Jr., January 4, 1954

Not currently on view

Resources

Published ReferencesAl Khemir, Sabiha. "Light / Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World." Seville, Spain: Focus-Abengoa Foundation in association with Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, p. 61, illus. fig. 28

"Iran Beckons the Harrises," in Pacific Northwest Bell PASSAGE, April 1976, front page, illus.

Rogers, Millard B. "Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 31.

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