Ancient Iranian Blackware Handled Jug, TL'd
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Description
Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, Meshkinshar, ca. early to mid-2nd millennium BCE. A hand-built and highly burnished blackware pottery pitcher with an egg-shaped body and a handle that rises high above the squat rim. Vessels like this were meant as funerary offerings for the dead and were oftentimes filled with substances like wine or bread. Size: 6.625" L x 5.9" W x 8.7" H (16.8 cm x 15 cm x 22.1 cm)
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report will accompany the item upon purchase.
Provenance: Private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection, via inheritance; Leota Furlong Agett Persian Pottery collection, acquired in Tehran, Iran in the early 1960s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#181309
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report will accompany the item upon purchase.
Provenance: Private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection, via inheritance; Leota Furlong Agett Persian Pottery collection, acquired in Tehran, Iran in the early 1960s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#181309
Condition
Abrasions and minor nicks, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to form and exterior color. TL drill holes on side of handle and beneath base.
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Ancient Iranian Blackware Handled Jug, TL'd
Estimate $1,000 - $1,500
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