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Acaemenid. Silver. L. 50 cm., H. 36 cm.Found 1876, Varenikovskaia, Kuban prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 15.
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Achaemenid. Silver. L. 14.2 cm (?) Found Siberia (?) prior to 1727.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 17.
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Achaemenid, 5th-4th c. BCE. Gold. H. 10.2 cm., W. (incl. handles) 22 cm. Siberian collection of Peter I. Acq. from M. P. Gagarin, 1716.
Inv. no. Si 1727, 1/71
Pub.: Smirnov no. 19; From the Lands of the Scythians, no. 97, pl. 22, p. 115.
S. I. Rudenko, Sibirskaia kollektsiia Petra I (M.-L., 1962), p. 46, pl. XIX/3.
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Achaemenid (?). Gold. Found 1896, Novo-Petrovka, Kherson Prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 279 (NB: photo labeled, apparently in error, no. 278).
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Late centuries BCE (?). Gold. Dia. 15.75 cm. Stylistic analogies to near Eastern work (e.g., Assyrian palace reliefs). Found 1903, Kelermeskaia, Kuban prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 278.
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Gold. Dia. 22 cm. Found 1892, Bukon, Semipalatinsk prov.
Pub.: Smirnov fig. 35.
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Syria or Egypt, 7th-8th c. CE.
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Iran, post-sasanian. Silver. Dia. 22 cm. Found 1893, Kulagysh, Perm prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 50.
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Iran, probably post-sasanian.. Silver. Dia. 12.7 cm. (??). Provenance unknown but found in Russia.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 94.
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Iran, post-sasanian. Silver. Dia. 17.4 cm. Prov. unknown but found in Russia.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 98.
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Silver. Dia. 20.3 cm. Iran, post-Sasanian. Found 1892, Onoshat, Perm prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 105.
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Iran, post-sasanian. Silver. Dia. 19 cm. Found Ukan, Viatka prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 132.
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Iran, post-Sasanian. Silver. Dia. 18.2 cm. Found 1886, vill. of Ukan, Viatka prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 133.
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Iran, 9th-10th c. CE.
Brass. H. 38 cm. Acq. 1925 from Academy of the History of Material Culture (coll. of A. A. Bobrinskii).
Inv. no. IR-2315.
Pub.: Zemn. isk., no. 146, p. 212.
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Iran, 10th c. CE.
Bronze. H. 36 cm., L., 42 cm. Acq. 1925 from State Academy of Material Culture (A. A. Bobrinskii coll.).
Inv. no. IR-1984.
Pub.: Zemn. isk, no. 118, p. 189.
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Iran (Khorasan), 10th c.
Silver, gilding. H. 16 cm. Inscr.: "Abu (?) Said Arak ibn al-Husein, client of the Ruler of the Faithful."
Probably found Perm prov. Purchased at Nizhnii Novgorod fair ca. 1870. Acq. 1911 from coll. of S. G. Stroganov.
Inv. no. VZ-795.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 127; Darkevich no. 77, pl. 28/2-4, p. 43; Ettinghausen et al., fig. 196, p. 122; Zemn. isk., no. 111, p. 185.
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Iran, probably Khorosan, 10th-beg. 11th c. Silver, gilding. H. 17 cm. Inscr.: "Blessing of Allah and good fortune and satisfaction to al-Husein ibn Ali." Found prob. 1880 near vill. Lys'ev, Pyskorskaia volost', Solikamskii uezd, Perm prov. Acq. 1896 from Imperial Archaeological Commission.
Inv. No. VZ-796.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 128; Darkevich no. 39, pl. 27, pp. 25-26; Ettinghausen et al., fig. 197, p. 123. Zemnoe iskusstvo, cat. no. 110, p. 184.
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Bottle with kufic inscriptions. Iran or Central Asia, 11th-beg. 12th c. Silver, H. 25 cm. Found before 1889, Berezovskii u., Tobolsk prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 147; Darkevich no. 86, pl. 30, pp. 46-47.
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Iran or Central Asia, 11th-beg. 12th c. Silver. H. 21 cm. Found 1850s, Sos'vinskoe, Berezovskii u., Tobolsk prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 148; Darkevich no. 85, pl. 31, p. 46.
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N or NE Iran, 2nd half 12thth- 1st half 13th c. Silver, gilding. Dia. 11.5 cm., H. 2.2 cm. Arabic and Persian inscriptions with anonymous wishes for good fortune. Found 1858 Melken, Ufa prov. along with six other silver dishes. In 1870 belonged to V. S. Skariatin in Menselinsk; in 1909 in Museum of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, SPb. Current location not known.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 141; Darkevich, no. 15, pl. 38/1-4, fig. 15/8, pp. 14-15.
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Flask with kufic inscr. and rabbits. Iran, 2nd half 12th-1st half 13th c. Silver, gilding. H. 9 cm., max. dia. 5.5 cm. Found 1898 vill. of Selianino Osero, Kungurskii u., Perm prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 142; Darkevich no. 19, pl. 34/5-8, pp. 16-17.
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Cup with kufic inscription. Iran (?), 2nd half 12th-1st half 13th c. Silver. Dia. 8 cm., H. 4.9 cm. Found 1901 in grave at Selianino Ozero, Middle Kama R. region, Perm prov. Ex-Archeological Commission.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 143; Darkevich no. 20, pl. 33/6-8, p. 17.
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Dish with feasting ruler. Iran or Central Asia, 2nd half 12th-first half 13th c. Dia. 36 cm. Found 1780-1781 vill. of Sludka, Permskii u., Perm prov.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 151; Darkevich no. 27, pl. 35/1-4, p. 20.
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N or NE Iran, 2nd half 12th-1st half 13th c. Silver, gilding. H. 19 cm. Acq.1776 from Tobolsk by Kunstkamera; then in Asiatic Museum.
Pub.: Smirnov no. 316; Darkevich no. 88, pl. 37, pp. 47-48.
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11th-13th c. Silver. H. 39 cm., 37 cm. respectively. Ex-treasury of Church in Seti, Kutais prov.; current location?
Pub.: Smirnov nos. 129, 130.
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Silver. H. 20.4 cm. Ex-treasury of Monastery of the Dormition, Pechory, Pskov prov.; current location?
Pub.: Smirnov no. 324.
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Brass, gilding and silver inlay.
Iran (Khorasan), end 15th c.
Master Dzhavanbaht ibn Husain. Inscr. quotes ghazel of Kisim-i Anvar Tabrizi. Acq. 1923.
Inv. no. IR-2044.
Pub.: Zemn. isk., no. 136, p. 205.
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Ottoman? or Russian imitation? Illustrates cultural contacts between Russia and Ottoman Empire in 17th-18th centuries.
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