Object Details
- Description
- Ellipsoid shaped stamp seal with couchant ibex. Beaded border.
- Provenance
- From 1930s – 1993
- Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr; Duncan M. Whittome, by gift or inheritance. [1]
- From 1993
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Duncan M. Whittome, Revocable Trust. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Purchased in Iran by the parents of Duncan Whittome, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr., while in the Foreign Service during the 1930s.
- [2] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ambassador and Mrs. James S. Moose Jr.
- Duncan M. Whittome
- Duncan M. Whittome Revocable Trust
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 224-651
- Period
- Sasanian period
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Duncan M. Whittome Revocable Trust in memory of Ambassador and Mrs. James S. Moose, Jr.
- Medium
- Agate (black and white)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 x 1.7 cm (13/16 x 11/16 in)
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
