New to the collection: A Chinese funerary mask from the Liao Dynasty (907–1125) in gallery 234.
Placing a metal mask on the face of the deceased was a unique tradition of the nomadic Khitan. Learn more http://bit.ly/ZNthOP
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Storage jar decorated with mountain goats
Period: Chalcolithic
Date: ca. 3800-3700 B.C.
Geography: Central Iran
Medium: Ceramic, paint
Dimensions: 20 7/8 in. (53 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Description: Traditions of making painted pottery flourished in agricultural villages throughout the Near East by the late Neolithic period of the seventh millennium B.C. These early ceramics were made by hand in a variety of techniques, including coil, mold, and slab construction, and served as cooking, serving, and storage vessels.
This large storage jar is a masterpiece of early pottery making. Produced in the early fourth millennium B.C. on the Iranian plateau, in a style known from excavations at the site of Tepe Sialk, it is a large buff-colored jar painted with dark brown designs. The geometric decoration on the upper portion of the vessel divides it into three panels. In each of these panels is the stylized image of an ibex shown in right profile to highlight the great arch of its exaggerated horns. The ibex was the most common motif in prehistoric ceramics of highland Iran, perhaps because of its symbolic significance as prey to hunters.
Provenance: Acquired by the Museum in 1959, purchased from Khalil Rabenou, New York.
Jar with geometric designs
Period: Chalcolithic
Date: 5th millennium B.C.
Geography: Central Iran
Medium: Ceramic, paint
Dimensions: 6.85 in. (17.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Provenance: Before 1960, Hassan Khan Monif, New York; acquired by the Museum in 1960, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wolfe, New York.
Tripod jar and lid
Period: Early Bronze Age II
Date: ca. 2700-2400 B.C.
Geography: Northwestern Anatolia
Culture: Yortan
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: H - 4-5/8 in. (11.8 cm) x Diam - 2-3/4 in. (6.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Provenance: Acquired by the Museum in 1960, purchased from Johan Möger, Utrecht.
Vessel with a lid and incised decoration
Period: Early Bronze Age II
Date: ca. 2700-2400 B.C.
Geography: Northwestern Anatolia
Culture: Yortan
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 3.39 in. (8.61 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Provenance: Acquired by the Museum in 1960, purchased from Johan Moger, Utrecht.
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