H x W x D: 23.4 x 21.7 x 21.7 cm (9 3/16 x 8 9/16 x 8 9/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
ca. 2400-1400 BCE
Description:
Wheelmade globular jar with round bottom. A sharp carination marking the shoulder slopes to a wide mouth with everted rim. The surface is covered with a beige slip, with brown paint decoration arranged in concentric zones. A solida brown band encircles both inner and outer rim. Four concentric brown bands encircle the jar just below the neck, forming the upper border of a concentric band decorated with two water birds painted in silhouette and outline face. Arranged opposite one another, the birds alternate with two chevrons consisting of four painted bands, also arranged one opposite the other. Solid bands and a wavy brown band form the next "register," below which is another open concentric zone decorated with a "flame" or "tooth" motif (five spaced at roughly equal intervals). Below this zone, at the maximum diameter of the pot, is a solid band that forms the lower limit of the painted decoration.
Provenance:
From circa 1962-1967 to 1998
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]
From 1998
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge in 1998
Notes:
[1] Object record.
Possibly excavated at Tepe Giyan.
Purchased by the Hauges in Tehran between 1962-1967.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Shaping Clay in Ancient Iran (September 8, 2018 to November 24, 2020)
Asian Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts (October 29, 2000 to April 22, 2001)
Previous custodian or owner:
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))