Lot Essay
For a similar example see cat. no. 8, pp. 50-51 in Kawami, Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections.
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CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
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AN IRANIAN POTTERY JAR
CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
The spherical body with carinated shoulders, the rim everted, the base flat, decorated in brown with two wide-eyed ibexes, each with long horns sweeping back, a hatched belly and a stream of droplets descending from its eye, confronting two birds, thin vertical lines flanked by triangles between, a broad brown band with a wavy band below, thin bands of straight and wavy lines above
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
The spherical body with carinated shoulders, the rim everted, the base flat, decorated in brown with two wide-eyed ibexes, each with long horns sweeping back, a hatched belly and a stream of droplets descending from its eye, confronting two birds, thin vertical lines flanked by triangles between, a broad brown band with a wavy band below, thin bands of straight and wavy lines above
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Estate of David Anavian, Los Angeles, imported into the U.S. in 1979.
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