Sherds
Unknown Artist
ca. 3rd–7th century CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
W. 2 7/16 × L. 2 9/16 × Th. 9/16 in. (6.2 × 6.5 × 1.4 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Vessels
Culture & Period
Sasanian · Sasanian
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.150.273
Art Historical Context
These delicate ceramic sherds, fragments from ancient vessels, offer a tangible glimpse into the Sasanian Empire (ca. 224–651 CE), a of the Ancient Near East that spanned modern-day Iran and beyond. Dating to the 3rd–7th CE, they hail from a period when the Sasanians rivaled the Byzantine and Roman empires, blending Persian traditions with influences from trade routes stretching to China and Rome. Acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1932, these pieces now reside in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. Crafted from clay and likely wheel-thrown on a potter's ...