Spouted vessel ca. 9th-8th century B.C. Iran This bronze pitcher has a globular body, a flat base, a cylindrical neck, a flaring rim and a long spout in the shape of an S-curve. A basket handle is attached to the rim with two rivets with rounded heads. The spout is attached to the body of the pitcher with thirteen rivets. The back of the pitcher is decorated with a plaque showing a winged male human figure, facing frontally. He wears a long robe, and has a large nose, small eyes and mouth, a beard, and ears or rolls of hair that project upwards from the sides of his head. The plaque is also attached to the pitcher with rivets. The body of the pitcher was made by hammering, whereas the spout and plaque were cast in molds and engraved.Although pitchers of this type are typically attributed to Luristan in the Zagros Mountains, the form is paralleled in both bronze and ceramic across western Iran in the late second and early first millennia B.C. Bronze examples have been found at Hasanlu,