Description:

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamian, Early Dynasty III, ca. second half of 3rd millennium BCE; Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic Period, ca. late 8th to 7th century BCE. A pair of hand-built pottery vessels from ancient Mesopotamia and Greece. First is a Mesopotamian cream-hued jar with an ovoid body, a flat base, a pierced fill hole on the verso, a small spout on the front, and a raised ram head and arms, all covered in a clear glaze. Based on the form, this vessel was perhaps used as a baby feeder. Second is a Cypriot redware pottery oil lamp with a hollow spherical body, a cupped wick spout, and a pair of strap handles on the lateral sides, all covered in red-orange slip. Size of largest (redware): 4.25" L x 4.25" W (10.8 cm x 10.8 cm).

Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; (Cypriot redware) ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 96); ex-private English collection, formed in the 1970s, thence by descent

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#138726

  • Condition: Mesopotamian vessel repaired in a few areas with losses to parts of spout, ram head, and verso. Cypriot vessel has minor nicks across body and handles, with chips and fading to slip pigmentation. Nice earthen deposits throughout.

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