Boar Headlate Achaemenid (400-300 BC)

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Unknown, Boar Head, late Achaemenid (400-300 BC), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Boar Head
Culture: Achaemenid
Place Made: Western Iran
Date Made: late Achaemenid (400-300 BC)
Medium: Buff ware, cream slip, brown/black painted decoration
Dimensions: Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Length: 3 1/2 in. (9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number: M.76.174.204
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.

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Not on view

Unknown, Boar Head, late Achaemenid (400-300 BC), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Boar Head
Culture: Achaemenid
Place Made: Western Iran
Date Made: late Achaemenid (400-300 BC)
Medium: Buff ware, cream slip, brown/black painted decoration
Dimensions: Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Length: 3 1/2 in. (9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number: M.76.174.204
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.