Jar

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

about 1500 BCE

Persian; probably Susa (now Iran)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Culture: Iranian
Title: Jar
Place: Persia (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1500 BCE
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions: 16.4 × 16.9 cm (6 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Diam.: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Logan, Patten & Ryerson Collection
Reference Number: 1926.1200
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Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, vol. 22, no. 3 (1928), p. 37.

Arthur Upham Pope (1881-1969), acquired in Iran, 1925; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1926; price reimbursed by Frank G. Logan, Henry J. Patten, and Martin A. Ryerson, 1926.

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