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Large Holyland Pottery Amphora w/ Inscription
Large Holyland Pottery Amphora w/ Inscription
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Description
Ancient Near East, Holy Land, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora bearing an inverted piriform body along with a thick strap handle and a ringed rim. Along the shoulder is a shallow indentation - likely made when the vessel was being created - as well as a short, handwritten inscription in Greek; the letters are rather illegible. Size: 9.8" Diameter x 17.25" H (24.9 cm x 43.8 cm); 19.3" H (49 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Owen collection, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA; ex-The University collection

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#181684
Condition
Minor chips to foot and body, with age-commensurate pitting and areas of roughness, and fading to ink of handwritten inscription, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to overall form.
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Large Holyland Pottery Amphora w/ Inscription

Estimate $2,400 - $3,600
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Starting Price $1,200
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Artemis Gallery

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Auction Curated By
Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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