id:			143461
accession number:	1967.35
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.35
updated:		2022-09-12 09:37:14.519000

"Bear-Woman" Vessel, c. 1200–1000 BC. Marlik, northwest Iran, c. 1200-1000 BC. Ceramic, earthenware, burnished; overall: 24.1 x 14.7 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund 1967.35

title:				"Bear-Woman" Vessel
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1200–1000 BC
creation date earliest:		-1200
creation date latest:		-1000
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Marlik, northwest Iran, c. 1200-1000 BC
technique:	ceramic, earthenware, burnished
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Ceramic
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 24.1 x 14.7 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
The sexual features of this creature have been emphasized so as to guarantee fertility to the woman who drank from it.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n33

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n23

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 1, fig. 1
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20

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IMAGES

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