Skip to main content
Image Not Available for Piriform Jar
Piriform Jar
Image Not Available for Piriform Jar
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Piriform Jar

Place CreatedAsia
CultureSasanian
PeriodSasanian Rule
Date500-636 CE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of the Christian Humann Foundation
Dimensions4 5/8 x 4 5/16 in. (11.7 x 10.9 cm)
Object number1986.019.010
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987
Ancient Glass and Pottery from the Middle East, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida, September 27 - November 26, 1994
ProvenanceEx coll. Christian Humann (1929-1981), New York, New York. Thence by descent.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art