Amlash Terracotta Vessel

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

10 3/8 in. (545 grams, 26.5 cm wide).

Of zoomorphic form, with a globular body, u-section spout and handle with figurative animal design.

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1990s.
Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
From a specialist collection of pottery.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 67.247.7, for a comparable vessel.

Footnotes

Likely representing a wading bird.

CONDITION

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