Small Jug
CulturePersian
Date12th century
MediumHard paste fritware
Ceramic
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/8 × 4 15/16 inches (12.38 × 12.54 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-181
On View
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Exhibition HistoryNo exhibition history known at this time.
With J. K. Nazare-Aga Antiquites Persanes, Paris by 1934;
With Arthur Upham Pope, London and New York, by 1934;
Purchased from Arthur Upham Pope by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, A Survey of Persian Art vol. 2, Volume 2 Text, Architecture, The Ceramic Arts, Calligraphy and Epigraphy (London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1939), 1518.
Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, vol. 5, Plates 511–980 Architectural Ornament, Pottery and Faience, The Art of the Book. (London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1939), Plate 592 D, (repro.).
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