Ancient Amlash Pottery Dipper Vessel

**Originally Listed At $300**

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1000 BCE. An attractive pottery dipper vessel with a planar base, hemispherical body, and a loop handle projecting horizontally outward from just below the broad rim. Amlash vessels were buried in large megalithic tombs, built by part of the Marlik culture. Despite its proximity to the large Mesopotamian cultures, the geographical barrier of the high Zagros and Elburz Mountains kept it relatively isolated, and a very unique ceramic tradition developed there. This is an elegant example of a grave good that, based on how few graves have been found in the Amlash assemblage, seems to have been reserved only for high status individuals. Size: 4.6" L x 3.8" W x 1.6" H (11.7 cm x 9.7 cm x 4.1 cm)

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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Condition Report: Possible resurfacing in areas and light surface wear as shown, but otherwise intact and excellent. Impressive preservation of form.