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Post by Druzhina on Jun 7, 2016 9:29:18 GMT 3
It was suggested that I add this Silver Gilt Plate with Sassanid King defeating a Catafract, Azerbaijan Museum, Tabriz, Iran to my collection of Plates with figures from Persia and Central Asia (and bowls, cups, cameos, plaques, paintings and textiles with similar iconography).This is the subject of Skupniewicz P. N. TABRIZ MUSEUM BATTLE DISH. FORMAL CONSIDERATIONSFrom the conclusion: "Most likely the plate was manufactured in late 1920s or 1930s in the time when Iranian national awareness received influence from the modern archaeological research." Here are some images of the figures in the paper: Fig. 4. Sassanid Rock Relief at Firusbad (Firuzabad, Firouzabad), Fars, IranFig. 7. A Sasanian Cameo of Shapur I vanquishing Emperor Valerian, 260 AD, Cabinet des Médailles, ParisFig. 9. Nizhniaia Shakharovskaia plate, Shapur III, Sogdian, 7th century AD, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgFig. 10. Hormizd plate, A Sasanian King Hunting Lions, 5th-6th Century, The Cleveland Museum of Art 1962.150Fig. 13. Kerchevoe plate, A Sasanian King Hunting Boar, 390-420s CE, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgFig. 17. Sasanian Plate with King Astride a Fallow Deer, 4th century AD, British Museum 124091Fig. 18. Novo-Bayazet plate, A Sasanian King Hunting a Boar, a Bear, and a Lion, 7th Century AD, Museum of Islamic Art, BerlinThe catafract on the Azerbaijan Museum Plate may be based on the Parthian catafract on the Sassanid Rock Relief at FiruzabadDruzhina Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jun 7, 2016 10:18:43 GMT 3
So this plate was fake, and not from the Sassanid period? I'm very surprised
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Post by Temüjin on Jun 8, 2016 18:48:39 GMT 3
has the plate ever been carbon-dated?
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Post by Druzhina on Jun 9, 2016 9:05:22 GMT 3
I would be interested in any other information including the providance the Museum has for the plate. Carbon dating would only work if there is some organic matter, but, there are other tests that may tell something. Druzhina Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
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