Description:

Ancient Near East, probably northwestern Iran, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A large and fine greyware terracotta libation vessel known as a rhyton that terminates in an upturned shoe with three straps and ankle bumps. The vessel flares outward from the narrow foot to a wide rim with a slight lip. The rhyton form is ancient, developed from a drinking horn, and first seen in Iran during the Amlash period around 1000 BCE. Shoes or boots with upturned toes seem to have been popular in the ancient Near East, particularly in northwestern Iran and the area around the Caspian coast, from time immemorial. Vessels like this one were made to be buried with the dead, and may have been thought to help the deceased on their journey through the afterlife. Size: 4.7" W x 13" H (11.9 cm x 33 cm); 13.2" H (33.5 cm) on included custom stand.

See another boot-shaped vessel from Iran at the Boston Museum of Fine Art: https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/boot-shaped-vessel-164833

Provenance: Sarkisian Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA

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  • Condition: The upper portion has been repaired from three or four large pieces; otherwise the item is in nice condition, with encrusted deposits on its surface.

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