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Bowl

Object Number:37-11-314
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iran
Cheshmeh Ali
Site Name/Number: Rayy
Archaeology Area: BD 61, p.r. 7; m.g. X-1; D. 73.85
Period: Hissar IA
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Ceramic
Paint
Technique:Painted
Credit Line:The Boston Museum of Fine Arts / University Museum Expedition to Rayy; Erich F. Schmidt, 1937
Other Number:RCh 7136 - Field No SF

Description

Red ware, burnished interior; faded brown slip on exterior, burnished. Small, slightly concave base; sides, slightly concave, expanding to a point below the middle, thence convex and slightly contracting. Black paint on exterior: upper sides covered with panes of many wavy lines and dots, joined to base by five radiating lines.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) View Objects in Exhibition

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