COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_00831
Creator name:
unknown
Title:
Silver and gilt plate, Iran, Sasanian period
View description:
full view
Date:
5th-7th centuries CE
Date type:
creation date
Repository name:
Freer Gallery of Art
Repository name variant:
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Repository name variant:
Freer|Sackler
Repository location:
Washington D.C.
Repository_inventory_ number:
#F1964.10
Style_Period:
Sassanian
Style_Period name variant:
Sasanian
Style_Period:
Islamic (culture or style)
Style_Period:
Medieval (European)
Style_Period name variant:
Middle Ages
Subject:
Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject:
Ariadne
Subject:
Hercules (Roman mythology)
Subject:
Byzantine
Subject:
iconography
Subject:
mythologies (religious concept)
Subject:
Greek (ancient)
Subject:
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Subject:
gods and goddesses
Culture:
Persian (culture)
Culture:
Byzantine
Category:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work_type:
plate (dish)
Material_Technique:
silver and gilt
Measurement:
4.5 × 22.1 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny disk
Note:
In the center, the Greek god Dionysos (depicted here with female-like breasts) sits nexts to the princess Ariadne; to the right stands the hero Herakles. The plate depicts the triumphal arrival of the Greek god Dionysos in India. Freer Sackler website
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Copyrighted material--for educational use only
Filename:
WBD_00831.tif
