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Title: Vessel in form of boar's head
Period: Achaemenid (?)
Date: ca. 6th–4th century BCE
Geography: Iran
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 4 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (11 × 6 × 5.4 cm)
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957
Object Number: 57.13.3
“Riches of Glorious Kingdoms – Precious Objects from Persia,” The Jewish Museum, New York, March 5, 1969–April 13, 1969.
“5000 Years of Art: A Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Whatcom Museum of History and Art.” Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, December 4, 1976–October 2, 1977.
“Bread and Beer in the Ancient Near East,” Staten Island Museum, New York, November 1, 1981–April 30, 1982.
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