Vessel
A cylindrical buff clay vessel with a wide mouth and flat base, decorated with red-painted zigzag lines running down the body and a horizontal band below the rim. Small lug handles project from the sides. The matte surface shows the hand-built, slightly uneven walls.
Look closer: Small lug handles on both sides of the vessel, partly hidden at the edges.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 5600–5400 BCE
- Medium
- Ceramic, paint
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2997 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -5400).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1964