Ancient Near East, Holy Land or the Levant, Deir Sammit, Hebron, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1500 to 1250 BCE. A wonderful wheel-thrown pottery jar presenting an applied discoid base and thick walls that spread outwards to a lipped rim above a deep basin. Adorned in hues of sienna and black on a cream-colored ground, the intriguing vessel displays an elaborate painted and incised designs, such as a bull, a large bird, and a pair of standing figures, all below a border of abstract geometric motifs. Intriguingly, the jar has been inscribed with 2 indecipherable words in an Ancient Greek dialect along the rim. Size: 10.5" in diameter x 11.25" H (26.7 cm x 28.6 cm)

Provenance: private New York, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection, acquired 2017; ex-private New york collection, USA, acquired 1990

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#164989

Chips and losses to rim. Hairline fissure from rim to 3/4 way down body with adhesive for stabilization. Abrasions, nicks, and chips to body with some loss of glaze, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice with great remaining pigments.