Description:

Ancient Near East, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, Meshkinshar, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2000 BCE; Northwestern Iran, Amlash Culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A fine pair of ancient pottery vessels - one blackware and one redware - both presenting conical bodies and flared feet. Hailing from Meshkinshar culture, the blackware dish displays a long spout that projects from the inward-curving rim with a petite lug handle flanked by 2 drill holes on the opposite side. Faint remains of a striped pattern adorn the burnished exterior. Alternatively, the redware vessel is from Amlash culture and features impressively thin wall that expand to a broad mouth. Size of larger (blackware): 9.8" L x 6.4" W x 4.7" H (24.9 cm x 16.3 cm x 11.9 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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#189896

  • Condition: Both have expected age wear with nicks, scratches, and abrasions to surface as shown, but are otherwise intact and excellent. Rich earthen encrustations on interior of blackware vessel.

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