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Horse-Shaped Drinking Vessel   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Horse-Shaped Drinking Vessel
Description
The horse was a favorite artistic subject in ancient Iran, where horsebreeding flourished. This muscular Sasanian stallion was descended from the royal and sacred Nisean breed of the Achaemenian Persians. Although Sasanian horse-trappings were elaborate, they did not include stirrups for mounting. In this rendition, the steed lies still, as camels in the Near East do today, waiting for its rider to mount. The medallions on each shoulder contain busts, perhaps of rulers of different parts of the Sasanian Empire, holding their rings of authority.
Date 200
Medium Silver, partially gilt
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 10.8 x 32.7 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 12 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession number
1964.41
Place of creation Iran, Sasanian, 3rd-4th Century
Credit line John L. Severance Fund
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.41

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