Lot 76
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AN ALMOHAD POTTERY TWO-HANDLED JAR
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AN ALMOHAD POTTERY TWO-HANDLED JAR

ALMERIA, SOUTHERN SPAIN, 12TH CENTURY

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AN ALMOHAD POTTERY TWO-HANDLED JAR
ALMERIA, SOUTHERN SPAIN, 12TH CENTURY
With spherical body and vertical neck, two simple angled handles linking the shoulder and neck, the body painted over the unglazed surface with a green glaze forming a band of large lobed panels each containing a lozenge, a band of scrolling motifs around the mouth similarly executed, intact, one side with substantial loss of glaze
7½in. (19.5cm.) high
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Lot Essay

This is a well-known Spanish form but rare in this technique. Similar examples were excavated at the Alcazaba in Malaga (Dorothea Duda, Spanisch-Islamische Keramik aus Almeria vom 12. bis 15. Jahrhundert, Heidelberg, 1970, pls. 6 and 7, esp.pls. 6b and 6c).

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