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THBAncient Anatolian Yortan Blackware Beaked Jug
Lot 92a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Sep 26, 2019
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2019-09-26 10:00:00
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern, as well as Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and India. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Asia Minor, Western Anatolia, Yortan culture, Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2700 to 2400 BCE. A fine wheel-thrown pottery blackware pottery jug with a rounded base, a spherical body with a sloped shoulder, a wide-beaked spout, and a curved strap handle with a shallow central midrib. The highly burnished, jet-black vessel displays lovely decorations along the exterior including sets of textured zigzagging strips as well as four petite conical nodules which protrude in an upward direction. An attractive and finely preserved example from ancient Anatolia! Size: 5.5" W x 8" H (14 cm x 20.3 cm); 8.25" H (21 cm) on included custom stand.
Ancient Western Anatolia is famous for a number of large ruins, most notably Troy (Hisarlik), but many mysteries remain. The Yortan culture is known through a burial site in the valley of Bakir Cai that has not been well-studied. Adults and children were buried, crouched, in large terracotta storage containers; around them were placed a great deal of pottery in the form of jugs, jars, and occasionally bowls, much of it blackware just like this piece. An incredibly rare and well-preserved example from a little-known culture!
For a stylistically-similar example with similar conical nodules, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 62.65.1: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325376
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-German private collection
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#149161Minor nicks and abrasions to base, body, handle, and spout rim, with light fading to areas of original pigmentation, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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