Rare Anatolian Polychrome Pottery Vessel

Ancient Near East, Anatolian, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A lovely and rare polychrome vessel from a culture much better known for its grey schist statues and stelae. The form presents a bulbous body with a rounded shoulder and ever so slightly rolled rim that sits stably on a flat base. The substantive shoulder is painted with a wide register of vertical striations interspersed with large "X" motifs housing netted patterns, and vertical bands of zigzag patterns, and topped by a horizontal zigzag band - all carefully delineated in red and black against a cream-hued ground. A very special example! Size: 5.25" in diameter x 4.25" H (13.3 cm x 10.8 cm)

Provenance: ex-Dere Family Collection, NY acquired in 1980's-2000's

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Condition Report: Chips to the rim. Expected surface wear commensurate with age. Nice root marks and mineral deposits.