Jar

Unknown

ca. 6th–7th century CE · Ceramic, glaze, bitumen · Ancient Near Eastern Art

A green-blue glaze covers the jar’s exterior and its interior is coated with bitumen. Two concentric bands encircle the neck. Ceramics glazed in green, blue-green, and yellow were produced in Mesopotamia and southwest Iran during the Sasanian period. The dating of Sasanian pottery is complicated due to the lack of examples from controlled excavations at Sasanian sites, however, in contrast to ceramics produced during the Islamic period, glazes cover Sasanian vessels uniformly and additional designs are not defined through the use of differently colored glazes.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 6th–7th century CE

Medium

Ceramic, glaze, bitumen

Culture

Sasanian

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Credit line

Purchase, Ehsan Yarshater Gift and Rogers Fund, 1997