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Beaker

Near Eastern, Iranian, Luristan
Iron Age
10th–9th century B.C.

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Height x diameter: 12.3 x 6.3 cm (4 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Archibald Cary Coolidge Fund
Accession Number31.373
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThis beaker shows alternating images of goats or ibexes and trees, and is detailed with a wave pattern at the rim and repeating blocks above and below the main scene.
Provenance1931, sold through Arthur Upham Pope (b. 1881 - d. 1969), Paris, to the MFA for £175. (Accession Date: May 7, 1931)