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The head of this unusual figure forms a small cup shaped receptacle. The body is all hollow with an opening below. It was probably intended as an oil lamp.
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NORTH EAST PERSIA OR AFGHANISTAN, 9TH CENTURY
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AN UNGLAZED POTTERY FIGURE
NORTH EAST PERSIA OR AFGHANISTAN, 9TH CENTURY
In the form of a human figure, the stylised male head with decoration to the face and hair, the body adorned with a brown painted jerkin sporting eight-petaled rosettes and circular decoration to the borders, the head crowned with a shallow cup, a handle joins at the back of the head to the body, chips to the lip of the cup, otherwise intact
8.7/8in. (22.3cm.) high
NORTH EAST PERSIA OR AFGHANISTAN, 9TH CENTURY
In the form of a human figure, the stylised male head with decoration to the face and hair, the body adorned with a brown painted jerkin sporting eight-petaled rosettes and circular decoration to the borders, the head crowned with a shallow cup, a handle joins at the back of the head to the body, chips to the lip of the cup, otherwise intact
8.7/8in. (22.3cm.) high