Description:

Ancient Asia Minor, Western Anatolia, Troy, Yortan culture, ca. 2700 to 2300 BCE. A lovely wheel-thrown blackware pottery jar with a stable base, an apple-shaped body, a corseted neck with a flared rim, and a quartet of petite tab handles around the sloped shoulder. The body is embellished with a repeating register of incised peaks with intersecting lower arms, and the neck features an enclosed register of short zigzags. Ancient Western Anatolia is famous for a number of large ruins, most notably Troy (Hisarlik), but many mysteries remain. The Yortan culture is known through a burial site in the valley of Bakir Cai - a site which remains understudied. However, we do know that adults and children were buried in large terracotta storage containers with a great deal of pottery like this example to accompany them in the afterlife. Size: 4.5" W x 5.375" H (11.4 cm x 13.7 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

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#149165

  • Condition: Neck and rim repaired from multiple pieces, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Abrasions and nicks to body, tab handles, and base, with light fading to original black pigmentation, and softening to some incised details. Nice earthen deposits throughout.

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