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Beakercirca 1000 - 650 B.C.

Not on view
Ancient bronze vessel with rounded body, button foot, and wide mouth, covered in mottled green and rust patina, with an engraved animal frieze below the rim

Unknown, Beaker, circa 1000 - 650 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
Western Iran
Date Made
circa 1000 - 650 B.C.
Period
Iron Age II-III
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 3 3/4 in. (9.8 cm); Diameter: 3 1/4 in. (8.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.363
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.

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