One-handled jug

Object Details

• Description

  Round, globular jug with one handle and a long cylindrical neck extending up to a slightly out-flaring rim. The handle begins as a strap and narrows as it descends to the upper shoulder; a clay line extends down from the handle along the body as a long tail. The greatest diameter of the vessel is near the rounded bottom. Burnished surface; incised lines below the neck.

• Provenance

  To 1965

  Galerie Israel, Tel Aviv, to 1965 [1]

  From 1965 to 1995

  Frank and Joan Mount, Alexandria, VA, purchased from Galerie Israel in 1965

  From 1995

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Frank and Joan Mount in 1995

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Metalwork and Ceramics from Ancient Iran (November 19, 1992 to January 22, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Galerie Israel

  Frank and Joan Mount

• Origin

  Northwest Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Joan and Frank Mount

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  BCE 0s, BCE 1000s

• Name

  Galerie Israel, Mount, Frank and Joan

• Topic

  Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Iron Age II (ca. 1250 - 800 BCE), Iron Age I (ca. 1450 - 1250 BCE), Ceramics

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)