Imposing elamite ceramic spouted jar
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Object number
AR2730
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Elamite spouted jar
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| Material: |
Orange clay
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| Date: |
Beginning 1st millenium BC Transition from Middle-Elamite to Neo-Elamite Period |
| Description: |
Biconical body, flat foot. The short neck smoothly turns into a protruding lip. Vertical handle with circular profile. The channel-shaped spout decorated with a cone and a double disk resembles a stylized bird.
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| Size: |
Length 26 cm (originally about 28 cm), height 16.5 cm, diameter 22 cm (without handle and spout).
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| Condition: |
The front part of the spout is missing. Small chips at rim. Otherwise excellent condition for a jar of this size. Nice patina. Impressive piece for an exposition or an exquisite collection.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2016 in a German auction house. Ex old German collection, in which the jar was for several generations. Acquired in the collection prior to 1938.
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| References: |
Similar to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Inventory Number. 60.20.15.
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| Literature: |
D. T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam, formation and transformation of an ancient Iranian state, Cambridge (1999). Encyclopaedia Iranica, Elam ii, The archeology of Elam. |
| Authenticity: |
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