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Prehistoric Painted Pottery Vessel5000-4500 B.C.

Not on view
Large terra-cotta ceramic vessel with wide rounded body on a flared pedestal foot, decorated in dark green-black with a diamond grid pattern and stylized bird figures

Unknown, Prehistoric Painted Pottery Vessel, 5000-4500 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Alice A. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Prehistoric Painted Pottery Vessel
Place Made
Central Iran
Date Made
5000-4500 B.C.
Period
Neolithic
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
11 × 6 1/2 in. (27.94 × 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice A. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.75.62.34
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Mousavi, Ali. Ancient Near Eastern art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.