Lot 256
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AN AMLASH ANTHROPOMORPHIC POTTERY VESSEL
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AN AMLASH ANTHROPOMORPHIC POTTERY VESSEL

EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

Details
AN AMLASH ANTHROPOMORPHIC POTTERY VESSEL
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
The spherical body with small tripod feet, curved pouring spout forming the tail, the cylindrical vessel neck decorated with a broad face with prominent nose and incised concentric circle eyes, with semicircular ears at the sides
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
German private collection, formed during the 1960s-1970s.
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Lot Essay

For a similar vessel in the Louvre, Paris, decorated with a face, cf. P. Amiet, Art of the Ancient Near East, New York, 1980, p. 421, no. 655.
A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report from Oxford Authentication Ltd accompanies this lot.

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