Description:
This is a magnificent object from Southern Iran that comes from a world famous collection and has been published!
It is a rare buff pottery vessel, wheel-thrown in the shape of a beaker, with two small suspension lugs at the rim. The incurved base is decorated by textured ribbing, to which red-brown paint has been added. Above this there are three registers, separated by horizontal incisions and decorated in red-brown paint. The lower one has a series of triangles in a linear pattern, alternating with solid painted triangles. The middle register has a net pattern consisting of cross-hatched lines, and the top one combines the net pattern and a series of solid coloured triangles. There is a dot pattern in red-brown on the rim.
Published:
Trudy S Kawami, Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (Abrams, 1992), p. 219, no. 128, illustrated.
Dating:
Early 1st millennium B.C.
Size:
Height 19.8 cm.
Provenance:
Arthur M. Sackler collection, acquired about 1970, accession no. S-3229.
Condition:
Intact with some paint loss as shown; some calcified encrustation on the interior. A wonderful piece with vibrant colour.
Price:
€ 4,500
Stock number:
A0779