Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Plate with a King and Queen
6th-7th century (late Antique)
silver with inlaid gold alloy
(Islamic World )
(Islamic World )
This plate depicts a king and queen seated on throne, possibly at a wedding.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2022 | Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World. Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades. |
| 2019-2021 | Excursions through the Collection: Portraiture, Adornment, and the Natural World. |
| 1993 | Splendeur des Sassanides. Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, Brussels, Brussels. |
| 1984 | The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1940 | Exhibition of Persian Art. Iranian Institute, New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/10/1940 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 11/1/1949 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 4/1/1950 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 7/31/1959 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 12/12/1975 | Examination | technical study |
| 2/4/1976 | Technical Report | examined for technical study |
| 10/29/1991 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 1/1/2007 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
| 12/3/2010 | Examination | other |
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 13/16 × Diam: 9 3/16 in. (4.6 × 23.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.709