Spouted Pot
71-9-3
From: Iran
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 71-9-3 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iran |
Date Made | 10th century - 8th century BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Ceramic | Paint |
Technique | Painted |
Description | This buff vessel has a slightly flaring rim, a trough spout 5.9 cm long, a low and gentle carination, and a flat base. One vertical handle, vertically indented along its mid-line, starts below the rim and runs to the carination. Decoration in orange/red paint. Rims of vessel and spout painted with solid line. Handle has solid line along indentation. Below rim and along spout are a pair of / / lines. Between spout and handle on each side are hanging triangles containing vertical dashes. There are 2 / / lines below the triangle as well. Between the triangles and framing the spout and handle are sets of vertical lines connecting the upper and lower pairs of horizontal bands. A chip is missing from the rim of the spout. |
Credit Line | Gift of Columbia University through Edith Porada, 1971 |
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