The Guennol Silver Bowl, Seleucid or Arsacid Period, circa 3rd/2nd century B.C.

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from the Collection of Robin Bradley Martin

The Guennol Silver Bowl, Seleucid or Arsacid Period, circa 3rd/2nd century B.C.

of shallow form, the exterior rim chased and gilded in an intricate guilloche pattern, remains of an Aramaic inscription visible on the underside

diameter: 10 ½ in.; 26.7 cm.

Please note that, under current sanctions regulations, the international movement of property of Persian/Iranian origin (including import into or export from certain jurisdictions) may be restricted or may require governmental authorization. Export from the United States is subject to authorization requirements administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Buyers who intend to ship such property internationally should make their own enquiries, or consult with the relevant department, regarding applicable requirements under OFAC and other relevant authorities.

For this lot, please note that, under current sanctions regulations, the international movement of property of Persian/Iranian origin (including import into or export from certain jurisdictions) may be restricted or may require governmental authorization. Export from the United States is subject to authorization requirements administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Buyers who intend to ship such property internationally should make their own enquiries, or consult with the relevant department, regarding applicable requirements under OFAC and other relevant authorities.

Said to be from Mazanderan;

Nejat Rabbi, Tehran;

Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948), German archaeologist and art historian, acquired from the above prior to 19 June 1934;

Spink & Son, London;

Joseph Brummer, New York (Brummer inv. no. P12000), acquired from the above on 21 June 1935;

Alastair Bradley and Edith Martin, New York, acquired from the above on 30 November 1948;

Then by descent to the present collector.

New York, Iranian Institute of America, New York, Six Thousand Years of Persian Art, April - July 1940;

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, long-term loan, 1949 - 2023 (L.1949.1);

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, December 1959 - February 1960, no. 45;

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Silver for the Gods: 800 Years of Greek and Roman Silver, 9 October 1977 - 2 April 1978.

P. Ackerman, Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art, exhibition catalogue, New York 1940, p. 326, case 39, L;

C.K. Wilkinson, "The Art of the Ancient Near East," in Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 7 (1949), p. 197, reproduced;

D. von Bothmer, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, exhibition catalogue, New York 1961, cat. no. 45, reproduced pls. 15, 100;

The Guennol Collection, I.E. Rudin (ed.), vol. I, New York 1975, pp. 99-102, reproduced;

A. Oliver, Jr., Silver for the Gods: 800 years of Greek and Roman Silver, exhibition catalogue, Toledo 1977, cat. no. 46, reproduced fig. 46;

P.O. Harper, "Parthian and Sasanian Silverware: Questions of Continuity and Innovation," in Mesopotamia 22 (1987), p. 349;

M. Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East, Malibu 1993, p. 22 note 210;

J.A. Lerner, "Arthur Upham Pope and the Sasanians," in Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art, Y. Kadoi (ed.), Leiden and Boston 2016, pp. 216-217.