Jar

Iranian (now Iran)

about 1500 BCE

Medium

Earthenware

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

16.4 × 16.9 cm (6 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Diam.: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.)

Culture

Persia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Credit line

Logan, Patten & Ryerson Collection

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Ceramics
• 15th century BCE
• Iran
• Black, white and grey