Amlash Terracotta Jug (No reserve price)






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Amlash terracotta jug with a globular body and a single shoulder-to-neck handle, 10 cm wide by 13.6 cm high, dating to circa the 1st millennium BC, in good condition with rim chips and an area of white material on one side; authentic and original/official.
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A finely modelled Amlash terracotta jug, featuring a globular body with gently sloping shoulders leading to a cylindrical neck and an everted rim. A single handle has been applies to the shoulder and the neck. The vessel stands upon a flattened base. Chips to the rim and earthly encrustations to the surface. There is an area of white material, possibly plaster or paint, on one side of the vessel.
The term ‘Amlash Culture’, has generally been used to designate material cultures excavated at Gilan, an archaeological site on the south shore of the Caspian sea, and refers to a group of Iron Age pottery and metal executions with a strong visual character. Most of the Amlash pottery vessels are believed to have been stylistically and typologically inspired by bronze wares of the same period. Amalsh Iron Age pottery tradition favoured bird iconographies as their conventional repertoire. Terracotta vessels of this type were clearly designed as pouring vessels, but they might have been used in a particular funerary ritual and ceremonial occasion.
Measurements: (circa) W 10cm x H 13.6cm
Provenance: Ex. specialist Near Eastern pottery collection, London, 1990s.
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A finely modelled Amlash terracotta jug, featuring a globular body with gently sloping shoulders leading to a cylindrical neck and an everted rim. A single handle has been applies to the shoulder and the neck. The vessel stands upon a flattened base. Chips to the rim and earthly encrustations to the surface. There is an area of white material, possibly plaster or paint, on one side of the vessel.
The term ‘Amlash Culture’, has generally been used to designate material cultures excavated at Gilan, an archaeological site on the south shore of the Caspian sea, and refers to a group of Iron Age pottery and metal executions with a strong visual character. Most of the Amlash pottery vessels are believed to have been stylistically and typologically inspired by bronze wares of the same period. Amalsh Iron Age pottery tradition favoured bird iconographies as their conventional repertoire. Terracotta vessels of this type were clearly designed as pouring vessels, but they might have been used in a particular funerary ritual and ceremonial occasion.
Measurements: (circa) W 10cm x H 13.6cm
Provenance: Ex. specialist Near Eastern pottery collection, London, 1990s.
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