Ibex-Shaped Vessel in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Ibex-Shaped Vessel

The ribbed horn of an ibex (a type of wild goat) forms the handle of this vessel. Made for ritual use, liquid, perhaps oil, could be poured into the tail and out of the animal's mouth.


Creator: Iranian (Artist)

Period: ca. 1000 BC

Medium: ceramic (Ceramics)

Accession Number: 48.2228

Measurements: 9 13/16 x 8 7/16 x 4 15/16 in. (25 x 21.5 x 12.5 cm); from nose to end: 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm) (w.)

Geography: Iran (Place of Origin)

Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/38788/ibex-shaped-vessel/