H x W x D: 19.5 x 18.6 x 16.5 cm (7 11/16 x 7 5/16 x 6 1/2 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
1000-500 BCE
Period:
Iron Age II - III
Description:
Vessel with cushion-shaped body and two spouts, intended to suggest a human-headed bird. One spout rises vertically from one side of the body; it flares at the rim. On the upper end of the spout, below the rim, are modeled a human face with schematic impressed eyes and ridge nose, and crescent-shaped ears each pierced with two holes. Opposite the vertical spout, a curved tubular spout, suggesting a tail, extends upward. The vessel rests on three stubby feet.
Provenance:
To 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981). [1]
From 1966 to 1986
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. [2]
From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, transferred from Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC [3]
Notes:
[1] See document from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, object file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office.
