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**Originally Listed At $1000**

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1400 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery canteen of sizable form with a spiraling motif made via the forming process. The top of the body exhibits a pair of protruding ring handles that flank the bottom of the wide spout and flared rim. Amlash vessels were buried in large megalithic tombs, built by part of the Marlik culture. Despite its proximity to the large Mesopotamian cultures, the geographical barrier of the high Zagros Elburz Mountains kept it relatively isolated; as a result a unique ceramic tradition developed there. This is an elegant example of a grave good that, based on how few graves have been found in the Amlash assemblage, seems to have been reserved only for high status people. Size: 13.5" W x 16.3" H (34.3 cm x 41.4 cm)

Provenance: private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection, via inheritance; Leota Furlong Agett Persian Pottery collection, acquired in Tehran, Iran in the early 1960s

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#175663

  • Condition: Minor abrasions, nicks, earthen deposits, and fading to surface color, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to form given the size. Previous information label beneath body.

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