id:			152820
accession number:	1985.70
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.70
updated:		2022-09-10 10:59:55.572000

Hittite Vessel with Four Scenes Molded and Carved in Relief, 1400–1200 BC. Eastern Turkey, Hittite, 15th-13th century BC. Burnished earthenware; diameter: 51 cm (20 1/16 in.); overall: 61 cm (24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1985.70

title:				Hittite Vessel with Four Scenes Molded and Carved in Relief
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creation date:			1400–1200 BC
creation date earliest:		-1400
creation date latest:		-1200
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Eastern Turkey, Hittite, 15th-13th century BC
technique:	burnished earthenware
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 51 cm (20 1/16 in.); Overall: 61 cm (24 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
The Hittites were a powerful people who vied with the Egyptians for control of the Near East. At times, however, alliances in the form of royal marriages were forged between the two rivals. The scene on the front of this vase shows a seated god or king holding a drinking vase in the form of a stag. Near him is a large-handled vessel in a ring stand, which illustrates how large jars such as this one were used. The standing figure is a priest pouring a liquid offering. The scene on the back of this vase shows a bow hunter using a doe with a tether as a decoy to attract a stag. Some of the hunter's arrows have already pierced the stag's hide.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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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