MAKE A MEME View Large Image South Arabian - Jar - Walters 482784 - Profile.jpg The smooth surface of this small clay vessel is covered with a dark brown slip It appears to have been produced by reduction firing a low amount of oxygen in the kiln Although such vessels ...
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Keywords: South Arabian - Jar - Walters 482784 - Profile.jpg The smooth surface of this small clay vessel is covered with a dark brown slip It appears to have been produced by reduction firing a low amount of oxygen in the kiln Although such vessels were commonly used in daily life they are also found in tombs and may have been used in rituals century 1 BC - century 1 AD ceramic H 3 9/16 x Max Diam 3 9/16 in 9 x 9 cm accession number 48 2784 76518 Sale Sotheby's London October 19 1970 lot 96 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore October 19 1970 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Saudi Arabia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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