Object Details
- Description
- Vessel in the shape of a bull, with a bulbous body and narrow waist, tubular opening in the center of the back connected to a short handle, and a smaller opening on the chest for pouring. Modern restoration of all four legs, horns, and part of rim.
- Label
- Animal-shaped vessels, often provided with a pouring spout, are among the most characteristic and long-lived creations of ancient Iranian artisans. With their lustrous gray or copper-colored surfaces, they were probably made to imitate costlier metal vessels.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- Metalwork and Ceramics from Ancient Iran (November 19, 1992 to January 22, 2004)
- Nomads and Nobility: Art from the Ancient Near East (September 28, 1987 to November 1, 1992)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- ca. 160 BCE-224 CE
- Period
- Parthian period
- Credit Line
- Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
- Medium
- Buff clay, with some gritty inclusions surface originally burnished
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 23 x 29.2 x 12.3 cm (9 1/16 x 11 1/2 x 4 13/16 in)
- Type
- Vessel
