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Small ovoid footed jar with a handle
Near Eastern, Iranian
Early Bronze Age
about 2000–1000 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Clay
Dimensions
Height x diameter (of mouth): 18.4 x 10.6 cm (7 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number32.51
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CollectionsAsia, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionIt is decorated with three grotesque animals having wings, a single curved horn, exaggerated eye, hoofs and a tail like a cow, with spotted haunches and strange leaf-like protruberances from legs and throat. It is made of warm buff-clay, painted in reddish-brown. The base is flat and the rim is plain. The surface is worn. It is complete.
Provenance(Accession date: Feb-04-1932)