Lot Essay
For a beaker with similar "skidding" goats see no. 32, p. 45 in von Bothmer, ed., Glories of the Past, Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection.
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TEPE SIALK, CIRCA MID 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
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AN IRANIAN POTTERY CHALICE
TEPE SIALK, CIRCA MID 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
With black-painted ornament on a cream ground, decorated with a frieze of four "skidding" goats between thin horizontal bands, each goat with a stylized body and long wavy horns, a band of crosshatching below
6 5/16 in. (16 cm.) high
TEPE SIALK, CIRCA MID 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
With black-painted ornament on a cream ground, decorated with a frieze of four "skidding" goats between thin horizontal bands, each goat with a stylized body and long wavy horns, a band of crosshatching below
6 5/16 in. (16 cm.) high
Provenance
with H.K. Monif, New York.
Alfred E. Mirsky (1900-1974).
Alfred E. Mirsky (1900-1974).
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