Jar (222–650 CE): Art, History and Details

Jar (222–650 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Simply decorated with bands of wavy and dotted sawtooth patterns on the neck and shoulder, this large jar features two small handles for lifting and a wide mouth for easy access to its contents. A shiny glaze covers the exterior surface.

Object facts

• Title: Jar
• Date: 222–650 CE
• Culture: Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: earthenware
• Dimensions: Overall: 50.8 cm (20 in.)
• Collection: Near Eastern Art
• Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Accession number: 1944.459

A detail from the museum

This large vessel was thrown in three or four sections.

Collection credit

Gift of Heeramaneck Galleries

Further reading listed by the museum

• Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. London: Oxford University Press, 1938.
• Cox, Warren E. 1944. The Book of Pottery and Porcelain. New York: L. Lee and Shepard Co.; distributed by Crown.
• Hollis, Howard. "A Sasanian Pottery Jar." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 33, no. 3 (1946): 26, 31.

View the collection record

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