Lot Essay
Cf. J. Reade, Mesopotamia, The British Museum, London, 1991, p. 39, fig. 46 for similar.
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A MESOPOTAMIAN PAINTED POTTERY JAR
NINEVITE 5, CIRCA 2900-2500 B.C.
The deep conical body on small ring foot, with short neck and everted rim, the horizontal shoulder with twin lug handles each pierced twice for suspension, the shoulder with red painted decoration in the form of a chequerboard and cross-hatched triangles and squares, the body with eight vertical panels each flanked by birds walking to the right
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
NINEVITE 5, CIRCA 2900-2500 B.C.
The deep conical body on small ring foot, with short neck and everted rim, the horizontal shoulder with twin lug handles each pierced twice for suspension, the shoulder with red painted decoration in the form of a chequerboard and cross-hatched triangles and squares, the body with eight vertical panels each flanked by birds walking to the right
3½ in. (9 cm.) high