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Red-polished ware jug

Near Eastern, Anatolian, Urartian
Iron Age
10th–9th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: eastern Anatolia

Medium/Technique Red ware
Dimensions Height x diameter: 35 x 30 cm (13 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund
Accession Number1981.654
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionRed-polished ware jug with three modeled bull's heads projecting from the shoulder. Shoulder and sides fluted.
Provenance1981, sold by Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), Frankfurt, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1981)