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Beaker

1100–1000 BCE · gold, low relief repoussé and incised

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The nomadic gold- and silversmiths of Marlik and Amlash were the first masters of precious metalwork in Iran. Their successors were the bronze workers of Luristan and the silversmiths of the Achaemenian and Sasanian empires, whose masterpieces are shown elsewhere in this gallery.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineBeaker , 1100–1000 BCE. Iran, Marlik. Gold, low relief repoussé and incised; overall: 14 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1965.26
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