Small Vase from Tepe Giyan

Culture: Iran/Tepe Giyan

Period: 3rd millennium B.C.

Material: Light Clay

Dimensions: 7.8 cm x 8.2 cm

Price: Sold

Ref: 6108

Provenance: Collection Dr. Busch. Thence Galerie Antiken-Kabinett Gackstätter, inventory number 01556. Accompanied by a certificate of Galerie Antiken-Kabinett.

Condition: Small additions on the rim, the color partially faded.

Description: Biconical vessel of light clay with a gentle bend in the middle and a protruding rim. The base is flat and exposed. On the corpus two encircling decoration rows which are separated by two broad lines. Noticeable are floral motives, vertical lines as well as grated lozenges. See: Eric Gubel, Bruno Overlat “De Gilgamesh á Zénobie”, Musées Royaux d’Art er D’Histoire, page 129.