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Jar ('genre Luristan' style)no date

Not on view
Ancient ceramic vessel with globular body and wide mouth, off-white slip surface decorated with a painted frieze of schematic four-legged animals in dark reddish-brown and black, enclosed by dotted border bands

Unknown, Jar ('genre Luristan' style), no date, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Jar ('genre Luristan' style)
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
no date
Medium
Buff ware, cream slip, reddish-orange painted decoration
Dimensions
Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.3 cm); Diameter: 6 3/4 in. (17.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.208
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.