Beak-spouted vessel

Object Details

• Description

  Round, bulbous-shaped pitcher with a long, beak-shaped spout. The spout extends out from the center of the body, curves upward and flares out into a trough-like "beak." Ridge opposite the beak extends down the body as a stylized handle. Burnished. Zig-zag lines incised down the body.

  Hole-mouth vessel with ovoid body, flat base. A beak-shaped spout extends from the middle of the body, forming a vertical segment before extending horizontally again, perpendicular to the body; the beak spout extends horizontally at the level of the rim. Opposite the spout, a pronounced ridge--like a vestigial handle--extends from below the rim to the middle of the body. Handmade; red-brown clay, surfaces burnished.

• Provenance

  To 1965

  Galerie Israel, Tel Aviv, to 1965 [1]

  From 1965 to 1995

  Frank and Joan, 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)