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Boar Headcirca 800-330 B.C.

Not on view
Small ancient ceramic vessel modeled in the form of a fish, cream-colored with brown and purple discoloration, featuring a raised eye boss and a partially broken dorsal fin

Unknown, Boar Head, circa 800-330 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Boar Head
Place Made
Western Iran
Date Made
circa 800-330 B.C.
Period
Iron Age III or Achaemenid
Medium
Buffware cream slip, brown/black painted decoration
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (9.5 x 13.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.163
Classification
Sculpture
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.