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Lot 141*

A large Anatolian pottery vessel

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£5,000 - £7,000

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A large Anatolian pottery vessel
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C.
The rounded vessel tapering to the base and neck, with a flaring mouth, the red burnished ground decorated with black painted decoration composed of birds and cross-hatching around the shoulder, bands of zigzag and further birds around the body, 68cm high

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Provenance:
French private collection of Mrs A. acquired circa 1980.

Literature:
For a similar storage jar, cf. A. Çilingiroğlu, 'The Second Millennium Painted Pottery Tradition of the Van Lake Basin' in Anatolian Studies, vol. 34, 1984, pp. 129-139.

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