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An Iranian grey-ware pottery spouted jar

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1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Iranian grey-ware pottery spouted jar
Circa 9th Century B.C.
Of spherical form with narrow everted rim, arched handle at the shoulder and elongated beak-shaped spout, 21cm high, 36cm long

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Provenance:
F.M.M. Steiner (1992-2019) collection, Oxfordshire, on loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, since November 1991 (loan in no. 437).

The British Museum has a similar Iron Age example on display, acc. no. 2006,1124.1. It is suggested that the spout is intended to resemble a bird's head.

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Please note that F.M.M. Steiner's dates are 1922-2019.

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