Cleveland Museum of Art
Vase
- Date
- c. late 600s–early 700s
- Medium
- silver with gilded foil
- Culture
- Central Asia (Sogdiana) or Tibet
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 154256
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Located amid the vast “silk roads” trade network, medieval Tibet was a place of dynamic cultural exchange. This decanter is evidence of such interactions. The vessel is part of the tableware used to hold wine during feasts. Tibetan elites adopted the tradition of consuming wine at social gatherings from their Iranian (Persian) contemporaries, whose wine banquets were lavish affairs with plentiful food and drink. Lions were often seen as powerful protectors while phoenixes were associated with good fortune.
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1988: (David Tremayne, Ltd., London, United Kingdom, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1988–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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