Not currently on display at the V&A

Flask

2000-1500 BC (made)
Place of origin

Pear shaped, mouth has been broken and ground down and the neck pierced with holes


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Grey earthenware, incised decoration.
Brief description
Flask. Black ware, pear-shaped, incised with horizontal lines. The mouth has been broken and ground down and the neck pierced with holes. 2000-1500 BC, possibly from Tepe Hissar, Iran.; C
Physical description
Pear shaped, mouth has been broken and ground down and the neck pierced with holes
Dimensions
  • Height: 19cm
  • Diameter: 13cm
Credit line
Given by H.R.H the Itizad es Sultaneh Minister of science
Object history
Found near Damghan probably on the Tepe Hissar site.
Association
Collection
Accession number
604-1878

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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