A Persian red pottery flask in the form of a fish

LATE 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A Persian red pottery flask in the form of a fish
Late 2nd/early 1st millennium B.C.
With slit-like mouth, nostrils and two circular eyes, a short concave neck with opening rises from the back with loop handle, a small circular hole underneath the chin, repaired
13¼in. (33.5cm.) long; 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report from the Oxford Research Laboratory for Archaeology accompanies this lot (ref. 281y98). Cf. T. S. Kawami, Ancient Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 1991, pp. 140-1, no. 51 for a similar aquatic animal vessel.

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