Plate: the king Yazdgard I, slaying a stag

Medium

Silver, mercury gilding

Dimensions

1 5/16 × 9 3/16 × 9 3/16 in., 1.6 lb. (3.3 × 23.4 × 23.4 cm, 713g)

Classification

Metalwork-Vessels-Inscribed

Culture & Period

Sasanian · Sasanian

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1970

Accession Number

1970.6

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