The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Hunt Pitcher
500–600
Location: 102A Ancient Near East
Description
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.- ?–1961(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1961–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 9, 1961, pp. 219–51. no. 57 www.jstor.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. “Annual Report for 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–45. p. 131 www.jstor.orgShepherd, Dorothy G. “Sasanian Art in Cleveland.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 51, no. 4, 1964, pp. 66–92. pp. 89-92, figs. 30-32, color plate B p. 80. www.jstor.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 15 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 15 archive.orgEttinghausen, Richard. From Byzantium to Sasanian Iran and the Islamic World; Three Modes of Artistic Influence. Leiden: Brill, 1972. Pl. VIII no. 28Watt, James C. Y., and Prudence Oliver Harper. China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Discussed p. 51-52, reproduced fig. 42.Matos, Maria Antónia Pinto de, and Rose Kerr. Tankards and Mugs: Drinking from Chinese Export Porcelain. London: Jorge Welsh Books, 2016. Reproduced: p. 16, fig. 4
- Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1961.200