CIRCA 7000 B.C.

Details

FIVE SYRIAN STONE BOWLS
CIRCA 7000 B.C.
Each beige in color with dark pink bands, four piriform on rounded bases, with everted rims, and one globular on a flat base, the interiors all well hollowed
Tallest: 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) high

Provenance

with The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1990.

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Lot Essay

As M. Fortin notes (p. 188 in Syria: Land of Civilizations), "producing these vessels was extremely time-consuming; they were ground into a shape with a harder stone fixed to one end of a bow-drill. On the other hand, the result was worth the effort, judging by the sleek surface and elegant forms obtained." For the type see no. 141 in op. cit.

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