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Iranian burnished and decorated pottery vessel

£200

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An elegant and fine quality light grey pottery vessel with a disc-shaped body and long beaked spout. The surface of the upper body is carefully decorated with linear patterns created by intricate burnishing.

Iran, probably Tepe Hisar, c. 2000 BC

8.4 x 18 cms.

Tip of spout lost, otherwise intact

Ex. private collection, Oxfordshire, UK.