Illustration
Four views of silver ewer with dancing women within arcades. Sassanian Empire, ca. 6th-7th century CE.
This object was likely used as a wine jug during celebrations. Its form and decoration shows connections to Greco-Roman and Early Byzantine art. The four dancing female figures underneath the arcades hold various objects in their hands, including a jug reminiscent of the object itself. The vine motifs are related to Dionysiac imagery.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Art, M. M. o. (2025, February 14). Sassanian Silver Ewer with Female Dancers. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20004/sassanian-silver-ewer-with-female-dancers/
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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Sassanian Silver Ewer with Female Dancers." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 14, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20004/sassanian-silver-ewer-with-female-dancers/.
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