Hunt Pitcher (500–600): Art, History and Details

Hunt Pitcher (500–600) 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: Hunt Pitcher
• Date: 500–600
• Culture: Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: silver
• Dimensions: Overall: 13.4 x 9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
• Collection: Near Eastern Art
• Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Accession number: 1961.200

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 9, 1961, pp. 219–51.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. “Annual Report for 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–45.
• Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Sasanian Art in Cleveland.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 4 (April 1964): 66–92.

View the collection record

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