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Collections

Container8th-9th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory or bone sculpture, roughly cubic, formed from a ring of fluted cylindrical columns with a hollow interior and a jagged crack at the front
Title
Container
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
8th-9th century
Medium
Soapstone, carved
Dimensions
Height: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm); Diameter: 4 in. (10.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.68
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.