. International studio. SASSANIAN VASE WITH KING PARDONING PRISONERS two twenty-six JUNE 1922 mceRnAcioriAL Sassanide power and, larlrom indicat-ing any decadence, shows clearly a renaissance. The royal personage issometimes treated more in the style ofthe time of Darius than that of Shah-pur, and the true costume of a Sas-sanide prince really appears but once—on a vase, with a long, narrow neck,which is perhaps the most curious ofthe entire collection. There are many motives takenfrom the Mazdian cult. We find oncertain specimens the serpent ofZoroasters mythology, on others, thepyrees (or sa
. International studio. SASSANIAN VASE WITH KING PARDONING PRISONERS two twenty-six JUNE 1922 mceRnAcioriAL Sassanide power and, larlrom indicat-ing any decadence, shows clearly a renaissance. The royal personage issometimes treated more in the style ofthe time of Darius than that of Shah-pur, and the true costume of a Sas-sanide prince really appears but once—on a vase, with a long, narrow neck,which is perhaps the most curious ofthe entire collection. There are many motives takenfrom the Mazdian cult. We find oncertain specimens the serpent ofZoroasters mythology, on others, thepyrees (or sacrificial altars to Fire)and the attendant priests, and theadoration of the mystic tree. And, as though their fantasy werestill unsatisfied, the artists have madea profusion of details from the dailylife of the people—the most typical being cara-vans, with camels and camel drivers, stick in hand. In our opinion, the origin of the potteries wehave so rapidly described ought to be sought for. SASSANIAN VASE DEPICTING A CAMEL CARAVAN in the yet little known Iranian civilization of thePrinces of Perside, that valiant dynasty precedingArtaxerxes that resisted the terrific onslaughts ofboth the Greek and the Parthian conquests.
Size: 1717px × 1455px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury180, booksubjectart, booksubjectdecorationandornament
