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Chalicelate 4th millennium B.C.

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Large ceramic goblet-shaped vessel with cream slip, painted brown animal figures and zigzag patterns on upper body, crosshatch band below, worn surface with green discoloration

Unknown, Chalice, late 4th millennium B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Chalice
Place Made
Western Iran
Date Made
late 4th millennium B.C.
Medium
Buff ware
Dimensions
Height: 6 in. (16.5 cm); Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (17 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.180
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.

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