Detail View: The AMICA Library: Jar Painted with Birds

AMICA ID: 
BMFA.36.2977
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Name-CRT: 
Artist not recorded
Title: 
Jar Painted with Birds
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
2600-2000 B.C.
Creation Start Date: 
-2600
Creation End Date: 
-2000
Materials and Techniques: 
terracotta; buff-colored clay painted with red slip and black decoration.
Creation Place: 
Pakistan Indus Valley Chanhu-Daro
Dimensions: 
25 x 49.5 cm (9 13/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
AMICA Contributor: 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Owner Location: 
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ID Number: 
36.2977
Credit Line: 
Joint expedition of the Museum of Fine Arts and the American School of Indic and Iranian Studies and the Museum of Fine Arts, 1935-1936 Season
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
BMFA.226-224.tif