Trans - Elamite Gray Chlorite Circular vase with wicker basket decoration c. 3th millennium BC.11 cm D.

Circular vase with wicker basket decoration Near East Early Bronze Age, c. 3th millennium BC. Height 5. 4 cm; Diameter 11 cm Gray Chlorite CONDITION: Good se photos, not restored. PROVENANCE: Private collection, California (USA) . Former collection of an English Lord, formed in the years 1980 - 1990. DOCUMENTS: Provided of export license issued by the Ministy of Culture. DESCRIPTION: Circular shaped vase with horizontal base and flat bottom made using the incisions technique for the exterior decoration that presents and emptied from the arc drilling technique with a stone harder than chlorite and grains of sand for erosion circular inside the glass. This technique is noticeable inside where concentric circular lines appear at the bottom of the glass. This object is typical in artistic chlorite productions made in eastern Iran in the 4th millennium BC. Chlorite quarries have been found in Kerman province. Chlorite is a soft, green stone that is easy to work with. Objects made of this material were luxury items. The artisans were semi-nomadic Iranian sculptors. A number of their workshops were found at Tepe Yahya in southeastern Iran, where chlorite quarries have been discovered. Notes: - The piece includes authenticity certificate. - The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union) . - The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.