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Beak-spouted Painted Potcirca 800-600 B.C.

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Ceramic globular vessel with long angled spout and loop handle, decorated overall with brick-red geometric patterns including radiating triangles, crosshatching, and spiral motifs on a sandy tan ground
Ceramic spouted vessel with globular body, long angled spout decorated with painted zigzag triangles, and a looped handle. Painted in reddish-brown on buff ground with bird figures, geometric meander patterns, and abstract motifs.
Ceramic spouted vessel with globular body, loop handle, and long horizontal spout decorated with red-painted geometric and triangular patterns; a quadruped animal and checkerboard motifs painted on the buff-colored body.
Ceramic spouted vessel with a globular body, long angled spout, and small loop handle, decorated in reddish-brown painted geometric patterns including diamonds, zigzags, and radiating triangles on a cream ground.
Title
Beak-spouted Painted Pot
Place Made
central Iran
Date Made
circa 800-600 B.C.
Period
Iron Age III
Medium
Buff ware, cream slip; reddish-orange painted decoration
Dimensions
Height: 6 in. (15.3 cm); Length: 14 in. (35.5 cm); Diameter: 7 3/4 in. (20 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.173
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Mousavi, Ali. Ancient Near Eastern art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.