Cup

Object Details

• Description

  Small, hand built, buff cup with a rounded handle attached to one side. The sides slope gently outward and are rounded at the bottom edge. The rim flares out slightly, and the base is flat. The cup is decorated with brown paint. The inside of the rim of the cup is lined with a series of small dots. On the outside, the rim is decorated with a very small metope band. Below this band are large, "kite" patterns, filled with fine parallel lines. Between these kite shapes are crossed squares, or crosses which are made of two intersecting, opaque rectangles with a square in the intersection left buff. The handle has a series of horizontal stripes painted on it.

  Intact except for scattered chips missing, most notably from around the rim. Wear and scattered loss of surface and loss of painted decoration. Overall, in very good condition. Scattered dirt/deposits.

• Label

  Cemeteries and settlements in the Luristan region of western Iran have yielded examples of a distinctive painted ceramic style dating to the Iron II-III period (ca. 1000-600 BCE). Often called "Genre Luristan," this pottery is also known as "Baba Jan III Painted Ware" after Baba Jan Tepe, a large settlement where it was extensively excavated during the 1960s.

• Provenance

  From at least 1965 to 1998

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 1998

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

  Notes:

  [1] Object record.

  Acquired in Tehran.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Asian Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts (October 29, 2000 to April 22, 2001)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor (1919-2013) and Takako (1923-2015) Hauge

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

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• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Topic

  Iron Age III (ca. 800 - 500 BCE), Art, Hauge collection, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Iron Age II (ca. 1250 - 800 BCE), Pottery, Ceramics

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)