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Handled Jar with Bootscirca 1350-800 B.C.

Not on view
Ceramic jug in the form of an animal's cloven hoof and leg, charcoal gray with burnished surface decoration and a loop handle at the neck
Ceramic vessel with burnished dark gray surface, featuring a round body with a single handle and narrow neck, supported by two modeled legs ending in hooved feet, decorated with incised linear and herringbone patterns across the body and legs.

Unknown, Handled Jar with Boots, circa 1350-800 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Handled Jar with Boots
Place Made
Northern Iran
Date Made
circa 1350-800 B.C.
Period
Iron Age I-II
Medium
Black burnished ware
Dimensions
Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.8 cm); Width: 6 1/2 in. (16.7 cm); Diameter: 4 1/2 in. (11.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.179
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Thomas, Nancy. "Nasli M. Heeramaneck." In American Collectors of Asian Art, edited by Pratapaditya Pal, 73-92. Bombay: Marg Publications, 1986.
  • 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.
  • Mousavi, Ali. Ancient Near Eastern art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.