Biconical Vase with Foot Ring from Tepe Giyan

Culture: Iran/Tepe Giyan

Period: mid 2nd millennium B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 10.6 cm high

Price: 800 Euro

Ref: 6619

Provenance: Austrian private collection Prof. Josef Mairitsch (1938-1994) with the inventory number 16. Acquired between 1960 and the early 1980s. Thence in the family estate. With a copy of the collection note.

Condition: Intact, on one side more intense root traces.

Description: Biconical terracotta vase from the Iranian Tepe Giyan, already made on the potter's wheel, with reddish-brown painting. The vessel stands on a set off foot ring with a flat base. The kink in the centre of the body is underlined by an encircling band. In the upper part of the body and on the neck encircling bands with different widths. The rim is pulled outwards and funnel-shaped.