About the Artwork
In the neo-Assyrian period, the use of colorful glazes extended to the ornamentation of ceramic vessels. Perhaps the most characteristic shape was an ovoid vase with high rimmed neck and pointed, rounded base, its shoulder defined by a row of pendant petals.
Jar with Glazed Design of Flower Petals
800 - 650 BCE
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Mesopotamian
Assyrian
Glazed earthenware
Overall: 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 inches (19.7 × 14 cm)
Ceramics
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Founders Society Purchase, Bernard and Theresa Shulman Foundation Fund
70.643
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Folio Fine Art, Ltd.)
1970-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Henshaw, Julia P., ed. A Visitors Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1995, p. 97 (ill.).
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Assyrian, Mesopotamian; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamian, Jar with Glazed Design of Flower Petals, 800 - 650 BCE, glazed earthenware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Bernard and Theresa Shulman Foundation Fund, 70.643.
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