A MESOPOTAMIAN POTTERY BOWL, of shallow squat form, the rounded shoulder and everted rim decorated with incised infilled triangles, finely potted, 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) diam; another similar, smaller, slight chip to rim, 2 3/8in. (6cm.) diam; and a biconical jar with everted rim and stemmed flaring foot, the two lug side handles pierced twice, the body with brown linear decoration, the shoulder with chequerboard and crosshatched triangles, 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high, all Ninevite 5, circa 2900-2500 B.C. (3) | Christie's

Lot 157

157

A MESOPOTAMIAN POTTERY BOWL, of shallow squat form, the rounded shoulder and everted rim decorated with incised infilled triangles, finely potted, 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) diam; another similar, smaller, slight chip to rim, 2 3/8in. (6cm.) diam; and a biconical jar with everted rim and stemmed flaring foot, the two lug side handles pierced twice, the body with brown linear decoration, the shoulder with chequerboard and crosshatched triangles, 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high, all Ninevite 5, circa 2900-2500 B.C. (3)

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A MESOPOTAMIAN POTTERY BOWL, of shallow squat form, the rounded shoulder and everted rim decorated with incised infilled triangles, finely potted, 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) diam; another similar, smaller, slight chip to rim, 2 3/8in. (6cm.) diam; and a biconical jar with everted rim and stemmed flaring foot, the two lug side handles pierced twice, the body with brown linear decoration, the shoulder with chequerboard and crosshatched triangles, 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high, all Ninevite 5, circa 2900-2500 B.C. (3)

Lot Essay

For item three, cf. J. Reade, Mesopotamia, British Museum, London, 1991, p. 39, fig. 46

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