Holy Land Terracotta Vessel with Ledge Handles

Object Description

A fine Holy Land terracotta vessel with a spherical body and two small ledge handles. The vessel presents a wide mouth with a slightly flared rim, and a short neck decorated with a horizontal band of incised dots. The curved ledge handles are situated just below the midsection of the globular body, and are decorated with a gently crimped appearance to the edges, in the pushed-up ledge-handle style. The vessel sits on a flat, circular base. The terracotta is unglazed, highlighting the natural colourations of the material, now uneven due to ageing.

Date: Circa 4th-3rd millennium BC
Period: Bronze Age

Object History

From an important European, London and Geneva, collection, formed 1988.

Object Condition

Good condition. Some scratches to the surface and chips to the rim and handles consistent with age. Earthy encrustations and deposits cover the surface.

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