A Sasanian glass vessel discovered in a L5thC tumulus at Nara, Japan (tomb no.126): http://www.tnm.jp/uploads/r_collection/LL_60.jpg …pic.twitter.com/zvc7hK4qzI
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The 'Eleanor' crystal vase, a 6th–7thC Sasanian rock crystal vase with a 12thC French gilded silver mount: http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/eleanor-crystal-vase …pic.twitter.com/wDSQjwrutb
A sherd from a 6th-7thC Sasanian glass bowl found at the Kamigamojinja shrine in Kyoto, Japan: https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/glass-fragment-found-at-kyoto-shrine.html …pic.twitter.com/9eWzX6OB6D
A glass ewer made in the Iraq region & preserved in the 8thC Shōsōin Repository, Japan: https://heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/6-nara-period-sees-the-nurturing-of-chinese-culture/tempyo-arts/in-the-news-shoso-in-and-emperor-shomu/the-comfort-and-luxury-of-an-emperor-emperor-shomus-personal-possessions-on-display/ … & http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/japan-xi-collections-of-persian-art-in-japan …pic.twitter.com/iL3WNw8y1H
Finally, worth noting again the recently revealed inscription suggesting a Persian official/teacher in 8thC Japan: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/05/national/history/research-uncovers-evidence-ancient-japan-cosmopolitan-previously-thought …pic.twitter.com/84QWloLtSJ
Photograph of the Sasanian garnet intaglio of a lion in a 7thC Anglo-Saxon gold pendant from Sibertswold Down, Kent: http://inventorium.arch.ox.ac.uk/lg_image.php?site_ID=Sib&grave_ID=Sib172&object_ID=M6528&image_ID=CS_M6528&g= …pic.twitter.com/E5NBKxzLag
Coin of Boran, c.630, 1st woman to rule the Sasanian Empire—latest Sasanian coins in S. China belong to her reign: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3345960&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/w5t7jCVBkF
A 5th–7thC AD 'Jatim' bead made in Jawa Timur/East Java from a mixture of Byzantine & Sasanian glass; image via https://www.academia.edu/22146727/A_study_of_mid-first_millennium_CE_Southeast_Asian_specialized_glass_beadmaking_traditions_Lankton_et_al_2008_ISEA_ …pic.twitter.com/qkPsPSMcNw
Sasanian dish depicting Bahram V hunting with Azadeh, late 6th/early 7th century; found in Russia in 1927: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmsasanian.html …pic.twitter.com/Bx7M6dsQun
'Ancient glassware travelled the Silk Road'—new paper on Sasanian & Roman glass in 5th-century AD Japan :) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X17305825 …pic.twitter.com/VEgiChb8Ue
'Some Sassanian silver coins discovered at Axiopolis (Cernavoda, Constanta County, Romania)' — https://www.academia.edu/3783871/Sassanian_silver_coins_from_Axiopolis …pic.twitter.com/sJQB9TYfrR
An early 'Jatim' bead of c. AD 400, made in Jawa Timur/East Java out of Sasanian glass & found in Korea. Image via https://www.academia.edu/22146727/A_study_of_mid-first_millennium_CE_Southeast_Asian_specialized_glass_beadmaking_traditions_Lankton_et_al_2008_ISEA_ …pic.twitter.com/Rt2c3ZCRS0
A probably Sasanian intaglio set in a ring discovered in an early Anglo-Saxon grave at Alfriston, Sussex.pic.twitter.com/57iYeE7dEW
A late 6th-/7th-century Sasanian lobed dish found at Mala Pereshchepina, Ukraine, in 1912 along with other Sasanian metalwork: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmsasanian.html …pic.twitter.com/n0l3TuhB2B
A piece of silk used to cover the inner faces of doors of the gold altar of 835 at Sant'Ambrogio, Milan; the rider has been identified with the Sasanian ruler Bahram V: http://artquill.blogspot.com/2014/01/timelines-of-fabrics-dyes-and-other.html …pic.twitter.com/ACF9hWf26L
Battle scene featuring a Sasanian king from a fragment of a pair of trousers; 5th/6th century AD, found Antinoe, Egypt: http://artquill.blogspot.com/2014/01/timelines-of-fabrics-dyes-and-other.html …pic.twitter.com/6A0MPa09qb
mis-read this as "cup of charoses", but i would definitely love some kind of interpretation for my seder table.
It's beyond praise, the balance of colours,the delicate inscriptions, very attractive indeed.
It was held in high veneration as "the cup of King Solomon"
pic.twitter.com/SfJrLgS4db ホスローの杯かあ。。ただの名前であったものがこうして実際の品物を見ると人として息づいて感じられる。モノの持つ力って偉大だ。
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