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Chalicemodern

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Bronze or metal goblet-shaped vessel with near-black glaze, bulbous ribbed body on a flared pedestal foot, with patches of green patina

Unknown, Chalice, modern, 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
Chalice
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
modern
Medium
FSpeculum, hammered, perhaps turned
Dimensions
Height: 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm); Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.3 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.371
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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