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66-22-19

From: Iran | Ardebil

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 66-22-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Ardebil
Date Made ca. 1000 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Dark grey, burnished, tall flaring neck with wide straight rim, ridge and constriction of neck. Body less than globular. Two strap handles opposite each other from just below rim to shoulder below ridge. Tops of handles decorated with upper parts of two animals whose heads are decorated with two large applied eyes. Heads attached to rim but extend above it.

Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1966

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