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Amlash Greyware Vessel - Antelope / Bird Spout
Amlash Greyware Vessel - Antelope / Bird Spout
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Persia, Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 900 BCE. A large long-spouted greyware vessel, the spout modeled after an animal, perhaps an long-horned antelope or goat-like creature; however, it has also been interpreted as a long-beaked bird. There is a single handle, a flat foot, and a gently turned rim. Size: 15" x 8-3/4" in diameter.

Around 1200 BCE, monochrome wares were introduced in many parts of Iran and replaced the earlier painted pottery. These new, frequently burnished wares occur in both a reddish-orange and a dark grey variety. The greywares, of which this long-spouted pitcher is a characteristic example, were given their color by special firing in an oxygen-reducing atmosphere. They appear to have been ceramic imitations of metal vessels.



Provenance: Ex-Sarkisian Gallery, Denver, CO.

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Amlash Greyware Vessel - Antelope / Bird Spout

Estimate $5,000 - $8,000
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