Jar with loop handle

Historical period(s)
Iron Age I - II, ca. 1400-800 BCE
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
H x W x D: 238 x 21.5 x 21.5 cm (93 11/16 x 8 7/16 x 8 7/16 in)
Geography
North Iran
Credit Line
Gift of Vida R. Stringer
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Accession Number
S1997.49
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
earthenware, Iran, Iron Age I (ca. 1450 - 1250 BCE), Iron Age II (ca. 1250 - 800 BCE)
Provenance

To between 1961 and 1965
Jean Royere, to between 1961 and 1965 [1]

From between 1961 and 1965 to 1997
Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. (Vida R.) Stringer Jr., Centreville, VA, given by Jean Royere between 1961 and 1965 [2]

From 1997
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Mrs. Vida R. Stringer in 1997

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1, Ann C. Gunter, September 24, 1997, in the object record: "This vessel and several others (S1997.50-54) were given to Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Stringer while he was Commercial Attache with the U.S. Embassy in Iran between 1961 and 1965 by Jean Royere, a French interior designer under contract by the Shah of Iran and friend of Mrs. Stringer's cousin. Mr. Royere traveled extensively in Iran, often in the company of his close friends M. and Mme. Roman Ghirshman. Among the sites they visited (and where they apparently acquired a number of artifacts) were Hasanlu and Susa. A letter from Mr. Stringer to me dated June 2, 1997 provides detail of this collecting (and provenance) history."

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. and Vida Stringer

Published References
  • Thomas Lawton, Thomas W. Lentz. Beyond the Legacy: Anniversary Acquisitions for the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. vol. 1 Washington, 1998. p. 85.
Collection Area(s)
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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