Huge Ancient Amlash Pottery Pitcher Pinched Spout

About the Item

Pottery Pitcher Pinched Spout in Great Size and Form. Ancient Near East / Ancient Mediterranean, Amlash culture, ca. 1400 to 1000 BCE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel of a grand size exhibiting a flat base, a broadly carinated body, a sloped shoulder, and a squat neck with a flared rim. Protruding from one side of the shoulder is a pinched, trefoil-style pouring spout that was perhaps used to dispense ritual libations during social or funerary ceremonies. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. Provenance: private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection, via inheritance; Leota Furlong Agett Persian Pottery collection, acquired in Tehran, Iran in the early 1960s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

Dimensions:

Height: 13.3 in (33.79 cm)Diameter: 13.85 in (35.18 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Pottery

Period:

15th Century and Earlier

Date of Manufacture:

Ca. 1400 to 1000 BCE

Condition:

Repaired: Repair to spout rim, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Wear consistent with age and use. Abrasions and small nicks commensurate with age, with light earthen deposits, and a few small spalls, otherwise in excellent condition.

Seller Location:

Bonita Springs, FL

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU9771239355462

View Invoice