AN IRANIAN POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL
AN IRANIAN POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL

CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

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AN IRANIAN POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
The globular vessel finely potted of burnished light brown fabric, with thin walls, on a flat base, with a short flaring cylindrical neck and a small wide handle opposite the beaked spout, with three ridges along the base of the neck, and a band of incised decoration on the shoulder, including hatched rays and a plant-like motif of stacked chevrons
11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm.) high
Provenance
New England Private Collection.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 7 December 2000, lot 698.

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