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Beakercirca 1000-800 B.C.

Not on view
Bronze cylindrical vessel with dark patina and malachite-green oxidation, decorated in relief with a large spread-winged bird standing on a sphere, framed by scrollwork bands at the rim and lower body
Bronze cylindrical vessel with green patina, featuring a repoussé figure of a robed, bearded man in profile wearing a headdress, with decorative scroll borders at top and bottom rim.

Unknown, Beaker, circa 1000-800 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Beaker
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
circa 1000-800 B.C.
Period
Iron Age II-III
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm) Height: 5 5/8 in. (14.29 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.355
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Thomas, Nancy. "Nasli M. Heeramaneck." In American Collectors of Asian Art, edited by Pratapaditya Pal, 73-92. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1986.
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.
  • Mousavi, Ali. Ancient Near Eastern art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.

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