1954 Press Photo The Golden Bowl of Hasanlu Prehistoric Mannaean Art at Exhibit

Art objects - The Golden Bowl of Hasanlu is almost a perfect example of the prehistory Mannaean goldsmiths. This bowl, fashioned in the 9th century B.C., was uncovered in 1958 by Robert H. Dyson, Jr. of the University of Pennsylvania in the ruins of an Iranian fortress at Hasanlu, Lake Urmia in Azerbaijan. The bowl is one of more than 700 objects included in the "7000 Years of Iranian Art" exhibition, described by the Director of the National Gallery of Art, Mr. John Walker, as "one of the most important exhibitions ever brought to this country." The exhibition opens in June at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and will be circulated by the Traveling Exhibition Service of the Smithsonian Institution to Denver, Kansas City, Houston, Cleveland, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles during the next two years.

Photo is dated 1954.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.