Cup with a frieze of gazelles
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Gold
- Dimensions
- H. 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm)
- Origin
- Iran
- Department
- Ancient West Asian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1962
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Animals Both · 99%
The catalog title identifies a frieze of gazelles, and the image clearly shows multiple horned gazelles in profile around the cup.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 96%
The vessel is densely decorated with raised gazelles, projecting animal heads or figures, textured bodies, and repeated ornamental borders.
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Patterns Visual · 95%
Repeated curling bands frame the rim and lower body, while incised and stippled marks pattern the animals and borders.
Medium and Techniques
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Relief Visual · 93%
The gazelles and border ornament project from and stand in relief against the cup's comparatively smooth ground.
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 97%
The object is dated ca. early 1st millennium BCE, placing it within the catalog's Ancient Art period.
Geographic Regions
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Iranian Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog records Iran as the place of origin.
Materials
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Gold Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as gold, and the photograph visibly shows a reflective yellow-gold metal surface.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Vessel Both · 98%
The catalog classifies the object as a cup, and the image shows an open container with a rim, walls, and foot.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Cup with a frieze of gazelles. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.