Vessel in the form of a quadruped

Object Details

• Description

  Vessel in the form of a quadruped, perhaps a doe. The barrel-like form indicates the animal's body. The well-modeled head of the animal, with large upright ears, tops a long neck drawn out from one end of the vessel. A cylindrical spout terminating in a flared mouth with plain rim rises from the top center of the vessel. A short tail projects from the rear. At the lower front of the vessel is a round hole for releasing liquid from the vessel. The vessel sits slightly unevenly. Orange clay, with surfaces scraped but not burnished.

• Provenance

  To 1966

  Galerie Israel, Tel Aviv, to 1966 [1]

  From 1966 to 1995

  Frank and Joan Mount, Alexandria, VA, purchased from Galerie Israel in 1966

  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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Galerie Israel

  Frank and Joan Mount

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Joan and Frank Mount

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s, 200s

• Name

  Galerie Israel, Mount, Frank and Joan

• Topic

  Parthian period (247 BCE - 224 CE), Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)