1809 or 1810, found by Franciszek Wolański (b. 1780) on the land of Stanislaw Kostka Zwoliński (1780-1840), in Khoniakiv (also known as Choniakow in Polish), Volhynian Governate of the Russian empire, present day Ukraine; until 1890s, collection of Zwoliński family (for more details, see Hensellek 2023); 1890s, purchased by Dr. Józef Gostyński, L'viv; by descent, with his widow Maria Gostyńska; date unknown, gift to her daughter H. Kurmanowicz née Gostyńska, and her husband Łukasz Kurmanowicz, Zhovkva (Żółkiew in Polish), present day Ukraine; between 1918-1926, sold by Łukasz Kurmanowicz to Dr. Alexander Kahanowicz; 1926, purchased by Joseph Brummer from Alexander Kahanowicz, Brooklyn (Brummer inv. no. N1144); acquired by the Museum in 1947, purchased from the estate of Joseph Brummer, New York.
“International Exhibition of Persian Art.” Royal Academy of Arts, London, January 7, 1931–March 7, 1931.
"Les Arts de l'Iran, l'Ancienne Perse et Bagdad." Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1938.
“Exhibition of Six Thousand Years of Persian Art,” The American Institute of Iranian Art and Archaeology, New York, April 24–July 1, 1940.
"Sasanian Silver: Late Antique and Early Medieval Arts of Luxury From Iran." University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, August-September 1967.
“The Grand Gallery,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 19, 1974–January 5, 1975.
"Wealth of the Roman World. Gold and Silver AD 300-700." The British Museum, London, April 1, 1977–October 1, 1977.
“Weihrauch und Seide: Alte Kulturen an der Seidenstraße.” Palais Harrach, Vienna, January 21, 1996–April 14, 1996.
“Les Perses Sassanides: Fastes D’Un Empire Oublié, 224-642,” Musée Cernuschi, Paris, September 15, 2006–December 30, 2006.
“Glass, Gilding, and Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642),” Asia Society, New York, February 14, 2007–May 20, 2007.
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Pijoan, José. 1931. Summa Artis, Historia General del Arte, vol. II, Arte del Asia Occidental. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, fig. 709.
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Przeworski, Stefan. 1931a. "Bibliographie: [review of] O Skarbie Srebrnym z Choniakowa na Wolyniu by Pierre Bienkowski." Syria 12 (3), pp. 291-292, fig. 4.
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Kostrzewski, Józef. 1931. “Nielegalny wywóz zabytków z Polski” [in Polish; The Illegal Export of Monuments from Poland] Z otchłani wieków: dwumiesięcznik poświęcony pradziejom Polski 6, no. 4–5 (July-October 1931): 70–71.
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Ackerman, Phyllis. 1940. Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art. New York: The Iranian Institute, p. 321, no. 33.
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Seipel, Wilfried. 1996. Weihrauch und Seide: Alte Kulturen an der Seidenstraße, exh. cat. Kunsthistorisches Museum. Milan, Vienna: Skira, p. 235, no. 82.
Harper, Prudence O. 2006. “Rhyton. Tête d’Antilope Saïga.” In Les Perses Sassanides: Fastes D’un Empire Oublié, 224-642, exh. cat. edited by Franҫoise Demange. Paris: Paris Musées, no. 59, pp. 119-120.
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Harper, Prudence O. 2007. "Wine Vessel in the Form of a Saiga Antelope Head." In Glass, Gilding & Grand Design: Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642), exh. cat. edited by Franҫoise Demange. New York: The Asia Society, p. 43, no. 10.
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Dunn-Vaturi, Anne and Martina Rugiadi. 2023. "The Brummer Gallery and the Making of Iranian and Islamic Arts." In The Brummer Galleries, Paris and New York: Defining Taste from Antiquities to the Avant-Garde, edited by Christine Brennan, Christel Hollevoet-Force, and Yaëlle Biro. Boston: Brill, p. 417, n. 19 and Table 10.1, no. 37.
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