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| Earthenware footed bowl (4000-3000 BCE) from Western Iran at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA. | Terracotta steatopygous female figure (12th-11thC BCE) from Marlik, Iran at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC. | Pottery spouted jug (9th-7thC BCE) from Tepe Sialk, Iran at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, QC. | Earthenware vessel in shape of stag (1200-800 BCE) from Northwestern Iran at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA. |
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| Buffware earthenware vessel (10th-8thC BCE) from Iran at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX. | Earthenware two-handled vessel in shape of water skin (1000-800 BCE) from Northern Iran at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA. | Buffware earthenware vessel (10th-8thC BCE) from Iran at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX. | Iranian ceramic spouted vessel (c1500 BCE) at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY. |
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| Spouted pottery jar painted with square with dots & bull (10th-9thC BCE) excavated from Tepe Sialk in central Iran at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. | Spouted bronze jars riveted together plus pottery imitations with clay pellets mimicking rivets (9th-8thC BCE) excavated from western Iran at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. | Pottery spouted jug (c800 BCE) from Sialk, Iran at University of Missouri Museum of Art & Archaeology. Columbia, MO. | Earthenware horn with gazelle head (6th-4thC BCE) from Iran or Turkey at Smithsonian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Washington, DC. |
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| Capital in form of two bulls (510 BCE) for supporting ceiling beams of Persian palace of Darius I at Suse (Iran) at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France. | Relief mural of four archers (c510 BCE) from palace of Darius I at Suse (Iran) at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France. | Lion block Persian mural from Suse at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France. | Glazed brick guardsman (521-500 BCE) excavated from Palace of Susa, Iran at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. |
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| Detail of glazed brick guardsman (521-500 BCE) excavated from Palace of Susa, Iran at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. | Sasanian Empire glazed pottery wine pourer (rhyta) with images or rulers? & bull (3rdC CE) probably from Babylon, Iraq at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. | Terracotta funerary urn with bull-griffins influenced by art of Persia (c300 BCE) made in Athens at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. | Details of bull-griffin on terracotta funerary urn influenced by art of Persia (c300 BCE) made in Athens at British Museum. London, United Kingdom. |
