ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Omphalos Bowl
Possible OriginIran, Asia
CulturePersian
PeriodAchaemenid Period
Date559-331 BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions6 7/16 x 6 7/16 x 1 15/16 in., 263 g (16.3 x 16.3 x 4.9 cm, 9 1/4 oz.)
Object number2018.010.660
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, April 15, 2024 - PresentPublished ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Cannes, Archeologie Objets de Fouilles (10 Avril 1976), lot 134.
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Cannes, France, April 10, 1976, lot 134. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1976-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
ca. 1st-3rd Century CE
559-331 BCE
late 6th Century BCE
559-331 BCE
559-331 BCE
559-331 BCE
9th-7th Century BCE
539-331 BCE
559-331 BCE
559-331 BCE
500-200 BCE
559-331 BCE