VesselsIranian3rd-2nd millennium BCE

Small Jar

c. 2000 BCE

Description

Round-bottomed jar with carinated shoulder and flaring rim; buff clay with dark brown paint: opposed diagonal lines between thicker double bands.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Buff clay with dark brown painted decoration

Culture

Iranian

Period

Bronze Age

Century

3rd-2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

actual: 8.9 x 9.8 cm (3 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)

Provenance

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.

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