Tripod ewer

Object Details

• Description

  A small, hand-built/modeled light brown earthenware tripod ewer with three thick, symmetrical "pantaloon" legs. The neck is tall, and the mouth is pinched at one end into a spout. The handle extends from the mouth of the vessel, opposite the pinched spout, down to the body of the vessel, and is attached to the top of one of the "pantaloon" legs. The surface is burnished and smooth.

  A small chip is missing from the rim. Scattered holes across the surface from burnt out organic inclusions. Overall, in very good-excellent condition. Some scattered spall-like areas, with fine white deposits and stained water marks.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))

• Provenance

  From circa 1950-1970 to 1998

  Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]

  From 1998

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge in 1998

  Notes:

  [1] Object record.

  Purchased by the Hauges in Tehran between 1950-1970.

• Origin

  Northwest Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  BCE 0s, BCE 1000s

• Name

  Hauge, Osborne and Gratia

• Topic

  Art, Hauge collection, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Pottery

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)