THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN IRANIAN POTTERY BOWL
CIRCA EARLY 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
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AN IRANIAN POTTERY BOWL
circa early 4th millennium b.c.
Pinkish-buff in color, the hemispherical vessel with a flat base, the shoulders painted in brown with a frieze of ten goats in profile to the right, their bodies composed of joined triangles, each with two long curving horns, a plain band on the rim, two bands below the frieze, the lower zone divided by opposing pairs of vertical lines
6 7/8 in. (18 cm.) high
circa early 4th millennium b.c.
Pinkish-buff in color, the hemispherical vessel with a flat base, the shoulders painted in brown with a frieze of ten goats in profile to the right, their bodies composed of joined triangles, each with two long curving horns, a plain band on the rim, two bands below the frieze, the lower zone divided by opposing pairs of vertical lines
6 7/8 in. (18 cm.) high