Large Vase from Tepe Giyan

Culture: Iran/Tepe Giyan

Period: 3rd millennium B.C.

Material: Light Clay

Dimensions: 30 cm x 30 cm

Price: Sold

Ref: 6035

Provenance: Auction “Art d’Orient” 16 December 1981, at Nouveau Drouot Paris. Thence private collection Francoise and Claude Bourelier.

Condition: Intact

Description: Very large bulbous vase with framed shoulder and overhung rim. The shoulder and the rim decorated with geometrical and undulating patterns. On each side of the neck five large stylized birds. Dark brown, probably once black color on light clay. Vessels like this were used as storage containers.