Lot Essay
For a similar example from Tell Qannas see no. 30 in Weiss, ed., Ebla to Damascus, Art and Archaeology of Ancient Syria.
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CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A SYRIAN ALABASTER VESSEL WITH COPPER LID
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
The ovoid vessel on a flat base with rounded shoulders and a flat disk rim, bevelled on the interior, with an incised cross-hatched band around the neck and four pierced vertical lugs, the disk-shaped lid centered by a flat knob handle on a tall stem set upon a pyramidal base
7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high excluding lid
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
The ovoid vessel on a flat base with rounded shoulders and a flat disk rim, bevelled on the interior, with an incised cross-hatched band around the neck and four pierced vertical lugs, the disk-shaped lid centered by a flat knob handle on a tall stem set upon a pyramidal base
7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high excluding lid
Provenance
European Collection, 1985.