Ancient Central Asia, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A gorgeous hand-built pottery jar decorated with dark-brown pigment atop a cream-slipped ground. The acorn-shaped vessel has a round, drop-form body atop a tapering conical base, a sloping shoulder with a corseted neck, and a flared rim with a thick lip. The interior of the rim is lined with several small dots, and the neck is decorated with concentric ladder-form bands. Five intricately-detailed acanthus leaves that surround the shoulder and lower body enclose several small crosses above a wide checkerboard-patterned strip. The entire composition is coated in a colorless glaze which has preserved the original coloration beneath. Size: 3.75" Diameter x 6" H (9.5 cm x 15.2 cm); 6.3" H (16 cm) on included custom stand.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Joe Gerena Fine Arts, New York, USA, acquired in the 1990s
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Condition
Small areas of repair to rim, with light resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions to body and rim commensurate with age, with light encrustations, and darkening to some areas of original coloration. Light earthen deposits throughout. Two TL drill holes: beneath top rim, and beneath base.