Stamp seal
Object Details
- Description
- Ellipsoid shaped stamp seal with an eagle grasping a smaller bird.
- Provenance
- From 1930s
- Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr., purchased in Iran in the 1930s. [1]
- Duncan M. Whittome, by gift or inheritance from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr. [2]
- To 1993
- Duncan M. Whittome, Revocable Trust. [3]
- From 1993
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Duncan M. Whittome, Revocable Trust. [4]
- Notes:
- [1] Purchased in Iran by the parents of Duncan Whittome, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr., while in the Foreign Service during the 1930s.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
- [4] See note 3.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran (February 4, 2012 - ongoing)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ambassador and Mrs. James S. Moose Jr.
- Duncan M. Whittome
- Duncan M. Whittome Revocable Trust
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Duncan M. Whittome Revocable Trust in memory of Ambassador and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr.
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 224 - 651
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Accession Number
- F1993.18.26
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
- Medium
- Agate
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 x 1.3 cm (13/16 x 1/2 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 21: Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- The Ancient Near East Seal Collection
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- agate
- stone
- bird
- eagle
- Sasanian period (ca. 224 - 651)
- Iran
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- crescent moon
- stamp seal
- ellipsoid-shaped seal
- Record ID
- fsg_F1993.18.26
