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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.455
Title
Jar with Stylized Eagle and Waterbirds
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 2,500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Bronze Age, Early
Culture
Iranian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201958

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted terracotta
Dimensions
32 cm (12 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch, Warner, NH (by 1954), transfer; to the Edith I. Welch 2004 Trust (2008-2016), transfer; to The Welch Family Holdings, LLC, Thomas C. Welch, Manager, Cambridge, MA (2016-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Note: Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008). Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at the Harvard Art Museums (1976-2008) and Special Consultant in charge of the department of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (1979-1987.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the family of Edith and Stuart Cary Welch in memory of George M. A. Hanfmann
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.455
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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