Jar

Unknown artist

Maybe Xth Century. Sassanian Survival

Ceramic; Glazed

Penn Museum

A large, cracked, green-glazed ceramic jar with decorative bands and incised patterns. A scale bar is visible to the left of the object. Brown ware, green glaze. Oval body, short cylindrical neck, applied finger print bands and wavy line, 3 false loop handles. Rope bands above and below shoulder. Typical Sasanian animal circular stamps below neck. 37-11-849 The Boston Museum of Fine Arts / University Museum Expedition to Rayy; Erich F. Schmidt, 1937