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Collections

Basket8th-10th century

Not on view
Small carved jade vessel with flaring trapezoidal form and scalloped rim, decorated with low-relief stylized animal mask motifs in translucent celadon and milky yellow-green stone with visible natural fissures
Title
Basket
Place Made
Possibly Iran
Date Made
8th-10th century
Medium
Glass, blown and tooled, with applied handles
Dimensions
3 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (8.3 x 15 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
M.88.129.185
Classification
Glass
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.