Rounded cup with loop handle

Object Details

• Description

  A small, hand modeled round pot/cup made of gray/brown burnished earthenware with a single loop handle. The rim is small, flares outward, and is flattened on top.

  Intact except for the two fine cracks which descend from the rim on the side opposite the handle. The long crack has been injected/smeared over with a dark resin-like material. Some surface is lost from the base, either from abrasion or spalling. Numerous scattered fine scratches. Scattered root marks, scratches around center body, and loss of burnished surface. Overall, in good-very good condition.

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

• 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

  Art, Hauge collection, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Iron Age II (ca. 1250 - 800 BCE), Pottery, Iron Age I (ca. 1450 - 1250 BCE), Ceramics

• Culture

  Iranians, Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)