The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Dish: The Goddess Anahita
400–600 CE
Location: 102A Ancient Near East
Description
Anahita, the Zoroastrian goddess of water and fertility, was one of the last of the ancient tradition of Near Eastern nude mother goddesses.- Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1963.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 50, no. 10, 1963, pp. 263–94. no. 153 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. 79-83, fig. 17, fig. D on color plate p. 81 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. 14 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 14 archive.orgEttinghausen, Richard. From Byzantium to Sasanian Iran and the Islamic World; Three Modes of Artistic Influence. Leiden: Brill, 1972. Reproduced pl. III, no. 8Seibert, Ilse. Die Frau im alten Orient. [Leipzig]: Edition Leipzig, 1973. p. 68, Reproduced p. 110The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 7 archive.orgNeils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. Reproduced: p. 338, fig. 20 www.jstor.orgVanden Berghe, Louis. Hofkunst van de Sassanieden: het Perzische rijk tussen Rome en China (224-642) ; 12 februari tot 25 april 1993. Brussels: Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, 1993. Color pl. 75, p. 225Juliano, Annette L., Judith A. Lerner, and Michael Alram. Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China Gansu and Ningxia 4th-7th Century. New York, N.Y.: Harry N. Abrams with the Asia Society, 2001. p. 101, Fig. AJaffer, Amin, Jasper Gaunt, and Émilie Foyer. Treasures of the Al Thani Collection at the Hôtel De La Marine. 2021. Mentioned: p. 150
- All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).Splendeur des Sassanides. Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium (organizer) (February 12-April 25, 1993).The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).Paintings by Tao-chi. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (August 13-September 29, 1967).Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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