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LOT 1380

Trans Jordan Terracotta Jar

EARLY BRONZE AGE, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 7/8 in. (415 grams, 15 cm high).

With globular body and broad flared mouth; cracked. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex London, UK, collection, 1988.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Amiran, R., Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 1963, p.78, for a similar jar from Megiddo, Early Bronze IV Period (2300-2000 B.C.), and photo 86 (jar from El-Uusn, Middle Bronze I Period, 2000-1500 B.C.).

Footnotes

While the spherical shape of jars appears already in the Early Bronze IV Period (pottery from associated tombs in Megiddo), with the coming of the Middle Bronze Age the barrel-shaped jar of the Northern Group of Holy Land pottery shows a preference for the spherical forms.

CONDITION
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LOT 1380

Trans Jordan Terracotta Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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