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LOT 1212
Canaanite Net Painted Jar
BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (519 grams, 14 cm wide).
Of biconvex profile formed with a rounded base and flared shoulder, everted rim; applied red-paint trellis design to the shoulder and rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Amiran, R., Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 1969, p.46, photo 30, for the type.
Footnotes
The jar belongs to the Early Bronze Period I or II of Canaan, in red decoration with net pattern, and it is unusual having an oval cross-section. Many of these jars were found at Tell el-Far'ah.
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