Rare Amlash Iron Age Amphora Flask / Pitcher

**Originally Listed At $450**

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, Iron Age, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A pottery vessel with burnished surfaces and shaped into a petite bullet shaped amphora, the conical tip would have been impossible to stand upright unaided - so either carried like a flask or placed slightly buried in the ground. Amlash vessels were deposited in large megalithic tombs, built by part of the Marlik culture - possibly this flask was made as a grave good. Despite its proximity to the large Mesopotamian cultures, the geographical barrier of the high Zagros Elburz Mountains kept it relatively isolated; as a result a unique ceramic tradition developed there. Size: 7.5" L x 3.5" W (19 cm x 8.9 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: Minor nicks and chips to the surface. Stable pressure fissures radiating from the rim and neck area. Area of restoration to the rim and handle. Mineral and earthen deposits on interior. Old label on the side