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Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, Meshkinshar, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery drinking vessel exhibiting a series of 9 reed fans incised along the exterior of the shoulder. A squat foot projects from the bottom to support the dramatically carinated body, and a flared lip and curved handle rise up from the top. Size: 7.1″ L x 6.875″ W x 5.375″ H (18 cm x 17.5 cm x 13.7 cm)
Condition: Softening to some incised motifs, with areas of fire-darkening, and light earthen deposits, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to overall form, and nice surface smoothness throughout.
Provenance: Private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection, via inheritance; Leota Furlong Agett Persian Pottery collection, acquired in Tehran, Iran in the early 1960s
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