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English: Plate with youths and winged horses, Sasanian artwork after the Graeco-Roman iconography of the Dioscuri.
Français : Plat représentant des jeunes gens et des chevaux ailés, œuvre sassanide d'après le modèle gréco-romain des Dioscures.
Date 5 th century
date QS:P571,+450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
–6 th century
date QS:P571,+550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium gilded silver
Dimensions height: 5.2 cm (2 in); depth: 20 cm (7.8 in); diameter: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,5.2U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,20U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,21U174728
, Weight: 0.572 kg (1.27 lb)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, gallery 405
Accession number
65.126
Object history
English: From Iran
Français : Provenance : Iran
Credit line Fletcher Fund, 1963
References Metropolitan Museum of Art : entry 30004316
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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