ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Jar with Frieze of Waterbirds and Chevrons
AAT Object Form/FunctionJars
Place CreatedNahavand, Iran, Asia
Date2500-2000 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of the Christian Humann Foundation
Dimensions7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm)
Object number1986.019.009
Label TextLike southwestern Iran, the mountainous regions of western Iran also produced a tradition of dark-on-buff painted decoration. Storage jars with decoration restricted to the shoulders of the vessel were commonly left in tombs. The vessel shape, location of the decoration, and the waterbird motif reflects Elamite influence.Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
ProvenanceEx coll. Christian Humann (1929-1981), New York, New York. Thence by descent.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
800-600 BCE
ca. 300 BCE-200 CE
3rd-4th Century CE
late 4th Century BCE
1450-800 BCE
late 2nd Millennium BCE
1500-1000 BCE
early 1st Century CE
20th Century
ca. 540 BCE
mid 6th Century BCE
