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<em>Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull</em>, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.1_PS9.jpg)
Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.1_PS9.jpg)
<em>Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull</em>, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.1_PS9.jpg)

Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.1_PS9.jpg)

<em>Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull</em>, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2015.65.1_kevorkian2015.jpg)

Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2015.65.1_kevorkian2015.jpg)

<em>Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull</em>, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2015.65.1_diverseworks.jpg)

Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2015.65.1_diverseworks.jpg)

<em>Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull</em>, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photograph courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, CUR.2015.65.1_Sackler_Foundation_image.jpg)

Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photograph courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, CUR.2015.65.1_Sackler_Foundation_image.jpg)

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Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Ancient Iranian Ceramics

These ceramics demonstrate ancient Iranian artists’ interest in creating containers and other ritual instruments in the shape of mammals or birds. This tradition was of incredible duration, stretching back to about 3000 B.C.E. of the Neolithic period and lasting as late as the sixth century C.E. These shapes relate Iranian art to the customs of neighboring regions of Mesopotamia, Greece, and Central Asia where animal art also played an integral role.
This text refers to these objects: 2015.65.1; 2015.65.11; 2015.65.14; 2015.65.15; 2015.65.23; 2015.65.24; 2015.65.26; 2015.65.29; 2015.65.30
MEDIUM Clay
  • Place Made: Marlik region, Northern Iran, Iran
    • DATES ca. 1200–800 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Iron Age I-II
    DIMENSIONS 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2015.65.1
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A vessel with a round body that expands to an almost spherical rump. The neck and humped shoulder rise in a single broad curving shape to a conical point behind the head whose muzzle is drawn out into a beak-like spout. A pair of round, approximately cresentic, horns rise from the sides of the head. At the base of each horn is a tiny round impressed eye and a protruding nub-like ear. A round ridge suggesting the tail curves down the hindquarters. The pronounced shoulder hump of the bull identifies it as zebu, a bovine species originating in India.
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.1_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 2015.65.1_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Spouted Vessel in the Form of a Bull</em>, ca. 1200–800 B.C.E. Clay, 11 x 14 3/16 x 5 7/8 in. (28 x 36 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.1_PS9.jpg)

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