Ancient Near East, Anatolia, Hacilar region, Middle Chalcolithic Period, ca. mid-5th millennium BCE. A beautiful hand-built pottery jar with a slightly-concave base, a bulbous body with a pair of squat conical handles, a tall neck with a rounded rim, and a deep interior, all covered in cream-hued slip. The vessel boasts a myriad of red-painted details including a register of inverted triangles around the neck interior, concentric curvilinear bands along the neck exterior, multi-pointed stars presented in the negative space of semicircular panels, deeply-curved bands along the lower body, and a solid layer of pigment on the base. A beautiful example of utilitarian pottery from the Chalcolithic period! Size: 7.25" W x 6" H (18.4 cm x 15.2 cm).
For a stylistically-similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 64.286.5: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325700
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Gorny & Mosch, Munchen, Germany (auction 248, June 30, 2017, part of lot 535); ex-collection of Professor Dr. Gunther Marschall (1913 - 1997), Hamburg, Germany; ex-Carola van Ham collection, Koln, Germany
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Condition
Repaired from multiple pieces with light restoration, resurfacing, overpainting, and adhesive residue along break lines. Minor nicks and abrasions to rim, body, and base, with fading and darkening to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits and great traces of original pigmentation throughout.