Bowl (500–700 CE): Art, History and Details

Bowl (500–700 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Every good Zoroastrian was supposed to spend one-third of his day farming; one-third philosophizing; and one-third eating, resting, and at pleasure. The abundance of Sasanian luxury goods is evidence of the importance accorded the last third of the day.

Object facts

• Title: Bowl
• Date: 500–700 CE
• Culture: Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: silver
• Dimensions: Overall: 5 x 13.4 cm (1 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
• Collection: Near Eastern Art
• Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Accession number: 1966.369

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• "Annual Report for 1966." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 6 (1967).
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
• Harper, Prudence Oliver. The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire. New York: Asia Society, 1978.

View the collection record

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