Collection place: Middle East / Loans: S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-263, described as Askos; Legless, globular, “duck” shaped body; open, tubular side spout; stag head, with flat face, conical nose; antlers in front of top opening; high basket handle from rim to back; rounded knob-like tail; three button-like bosses. Incised linear decoration on body and handle consists of short, parallel slanting strokes & groups of three dots. Tip broken and missing from left antler, most of right antler missing, surface abrasion.

Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-3291, described as Askos, duck-shaped body, three legs, strap basket handle from neck to back, cylindrical neck, open mouth, two small projections one on each side representing wings, high back-ridge from base neck to small fan-shaped tail. Painted decoration. Breakage and subsequent restoration.

Hearst Museum object titled Askos, accession number 8-264, described as Askos: “Duck”-shaped vessel with pedestal foot, slotted front and rear; oval body, broad back, short cylindrical neck with cut-away spout; slightly curved handle from rim to back; goiter-like projection at front of neck base. Incised linear decoration all over body, on neck, and handle; of parallel lines, strokes and zig-zags. Tip of spout broken and missing, tail broken, part missing, horizontal crack on rim right side. Surface abrasion. Preserved.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 8-3269, described as Bowl; With Plastic Decoration; shallow hemispherical bowl with basket handle, false zoomorphic spout (ibex head) which communicates with a channel within the rim; on interior of bowl a speckled lizard (frog?) with open mouth. Painted geometric decoration. Surface abrasion, crack at handle base and ibex horns, also along interior of bowl, chip from low footed base. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.