Thursday, August 30, 2012

Pottery vessel in form of a bull

Near Eastern, Iranian, Amlash, 
Early Iron Age, 999–900 B.C.
Height x width x length: 12.6 x 7.5 x 19.2 cm (4 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
Source: Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA [1]
Vessel in the form of a bull, incorporating both handmade and wheelmade elements. The hand-modeled body is ovoid, but pinched at the center to give it a slightly hourglass shape. A wheelmade funnel has been set into the top. The neck and horns are are handmade, but the head is wheelmade and serves as the spout.