Elamite Steatite Crescent Shape Vessel

GBP 650.00

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Object Description

An Ancient Elamite steatite vessel of short crescentic form, featuring a flat base and a thick rim, decorated with sinuo V-shaped motifs with scrolled bases. A horizontal line is displayed at the top and bottom framing the design. Evenly spaced incised vertical lines decorated the top of the flat rim. A circular perforation features through the base and on the reverse there is some residue from previous labels.

Date: 3rd millennium BC

Object History

Sotheby’s sale 12 December 1983, lot 37. Then Mayfair gallery pre-1999.

Object Condition

Fine condition. Some residue from previous labels, encrustation to the surface. Wear from over time.

Object Details

  • dimensions
    W:3.5 x H:6.9 centimeters

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The Gallery
Trent Park Equestrian Centre
Eastpole Farm House, Bramley Road
Oakwood, N14 4UW, United Kingdom

St James's Ancient Art
10 Charles II Street, Ground Floor
St James
London
SW1Y 4AA

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