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Tankardlate 12th or 13th century

Not on view
Small cream-glazed ceramic vessel with a bulbous body, short foot ring, wide mouth, and a circular loop handle, decorated with vertical columns of impressed dots

Unknown, Tankard, late 12th or 13th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Tankard
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
late 12th or 13th century
Medium
Fritware, pierced, glazed
Dimensions
4 3/16 x 3 5/16 in. (10.7 x 8.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.146
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.