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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.502.2
Title
Small Jar
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Luristan (Iran)
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Luristan (Iran)
Period
Bronze Age
Culture
Iranian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293415

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Buff clay with dark brown painted decoration
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
5.9 x 7 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ernst Herzfeld, Iran, (by 1927), gift; to Kurt H. Weil, Montclair, NJ (1927-1992), by descent; to Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, New York (1992-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.502.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Round-bottomed vessel with carinated shoulder and flaring rim; buff clay with dark brown paint: banded and and triangle decoration on the shoulder. Recomposed from fragments.

Verification Level

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