2012.1.157

Object Title
One-handled flask with decorative appliques
Measurements
14.1 x 7.7 cm
Creation Date
200-400
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Frank J. Kovacs
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/56974
Provenance Information
English collection (by 1980) sold; to [Jeffrey Spier, Ancient Coins and Antiquities, NY, 1980-1982], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1982-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
No information available
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work was donated to Harvard University in 1988. Ownership has been transferred to the Harvard Art Museums for proper care and safety and to increase access by students and the public.

2011.1.22

Object Title
Persian Siglos
Measurements
5.39g
Creation Date
400-300
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott, III, in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/336405
Provenance Information
Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
No information available
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Fourth century Persian sigloi have been found in large numbers. They show different styles and different reverses and have been attributed by scholars to a variety of mints. They circulated all over the western part of the Persian Empire and tend to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.
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