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Ceremonial Grooved Columncirca 2000-1500 B.C.

Not on view
Carved stone sculpture in a tapered, hourglass-like form, with deep burgundy-red surface veined with irregular white and cream markings

Unknown, Ceremonial Grooved Column, circa 2000-1500 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Andrew Hale and Kate Fitz Gibbon, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ceremonial Grooved Column
Place Made
Afghanistan
Date Made
circa 2000-1500 B.C.
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
11 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (30.16 × 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Andrew Hale and Kate Fitz Gibbon
Accession Number
M.91.374.12
Classification
Sculpture
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.