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Infant feeding vessel
Bird-shaped vessel
Infant feeding vessel
Near Eastern, Iranian
Iron Age
10th–9th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x width x length: 11 x 5.5 x 7.7 cm (4 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of William Stevenson Smith
Accession Number1997.225
CollectionsAsia, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionMiniature red-ware bird-pot with with female head.
Provenance1959, sold by Dariush Broumand, Khalil Broumand and Sons, New York to an anonymous private collector, Cambridge, MA; 1997, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 19, 1997)