Vessel with lug handle

Squat, round bottomed earthenware vessel. Its wide-mouthed opening is surrounded by a slightly flared rim. There is one handle along the widest part of the shoulder. Slightly lumpy form and roughness on the interior where the rim joins the body of the vessel suggests that the objects was hand-built.

The unglazed, burnished surface is mostly dark gray in color, with some uneveness due to firing, burial environment and wear.

Historical period(s)
Parthian period, 250 BCE-225 CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
H x W (with handle): 12 x 18 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/16 in)
Geography
Northwest Iran
Credit Line
Gift of Kathryn and Clarence Kubichek in memory of Gladys Scott
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S1997.1
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vessel

Keywords
Iran, Parthian period (247 BCE - 224 CE)
Provenance

From the early to mid-1960s
Gladys Scott, acquired in Iran in the early to mid-1960s [1]

To 1997
Kathryn Scott Kubichek, Blairstown, Iowa, by descent from Gladys Scott, to 1997

From 1997
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Kathryn Scott Kubichek and Clarence Kubichek in 1997

Notes:

[1] According to Provenance Note 1 in the object record.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Gladys Scott
Clarence Kubichek 1916-2008
Kathryn Scott Kubichek American, 1919-2008

Description

Squat, round bottomed earthenware vessel. Its wide-mouthed opening is surrounded by a slightly flared rim. There is one handle along the widest part of the shoulder. Slightly lumpy form and roughness on the interior where the rim joins the body of the vessel suggests that the objects was hand-built.

The unglazed, burnished surface is mostly dark gray in color, with some uneveness due to firing, burial environment and wear.

Collection Area(s)
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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