Vessel in the form of a Ram

Object Details

• Description

  Earthenware vessel in the shape of a ram. Irregular, elongated body with four short, stubby legs. The tubular body tapers up to an open mouth (spout) flanked by horns and eyes. Small, modelled tail and genitals; incised dashes/lines surround the body (to indicate wool?). The vessel does not sit evenly on all four legs. Coarse red-brown earthenware.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Galerie Israel

  Frank and Joan Mount

• Provenance

  To 1965

  Galerie Israel, Tel Aviv, to 1965 [1]

  From 1965 to 1996

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

  From 1996

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Frank and Joan Mount in 1996

  Notes:

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

• Origin

  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

  Iron Age III (ca. 800 - 500 BCE), Art, Animals, Rams, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Iron Age II (ca. 1250 - 800 BCE), Pottery, Sheep

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)