Large Silver Bottle-Shaped Decanter with Chained Lid

Object/Artifact

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Silver bottle-shaped decanter with chain-attached lid.: Image of the silver bottle-shaped decanter with chain-attached lid. The decanter is engraved with scenes of a Persian Banquet of Song and Dance.
Silver bottle-shaped decanter with chain-attached lid.

Image of the silver bottle-shaped decanter with chain-attached lid. The decanter is engraved with scenes of a Persian Banquet of Song and Dance.

Name/Title

Large Silver Bottle-Shaped Decanter with Chained Lid

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000458

Description

Silver bottle-shaped decanter with chain-attached lid depicting a Persian Banquet of Song and Dance.

Context

The piece was gifted to the Jordans by the Shah of Persia, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was the last monarch of Iran and began his rule in 1941 until he was overthrown during the Iranian Revolution in 1979. He centralized the Iranian government and was pivotal in bringing back foreign oil companies into the country’s industry through the Consortium Agreement of 1954. It is believed to have been made in Pakistan.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Persia

Region

West Asia

Continent

Asia