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Spouted vessel (Sialk Cemetery B style)circa 800-700 B.C.

Not on view
Ancient ceramic vessel with spherical body, wide flaring mouth, long horizontal spout, and loop handle, decorated with painted geometric patterns in dusty rose-red on sandy tan clay

Unknown, Spouted vessel (Sialk Cemetery B style), circa 800-700 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Spouted vessel (Sialk Cemetery B style)
Culture
Sialk VI
Place Made
central Iran
Date Made
circa 800-700 B.C.
Period
Iron Age III
Medium
Buff ware, cream slip, reddish-orange painted decoration
Dimensions
Height: 7 1/2 in. (18.9 cm); Length: 11 1/2 in. (29 cm); Diameter: 7 1/2 in. (18.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.174
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.