Description:

Ancient Near East / Ancient Mediterranean, Amlash culture, ca. 1400 to 1000 BCE. A hand-built redware vessel of broad, spherical form with a rounded base as well as a flared rim atop a narrow, cylindrical neck. Projecting off the shoulder is an upturned conical spout with an integral suspension loop beneath, and behind the neck is a sturdy handle. Dozens of incised striations decorate the spout and handle while additional geometric form is engraved beneath the handle. Spouted vessels like this example were likely used to pour ritual libations during religious and social ceremonies, perhaps during burial rites as many have been found in or near burial sites. Size: 9.8" Diameter x 11.8" H (24.9 cm x 30 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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#175659

  • Condition: Repair to spout tip, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Abrasions and softening to some incised decorations commensurate with age, with darkening to surface color, and light earthen deposits, otherwise in excellent condition. Great root marks throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.

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