PSEUDO TRANS JORDAN POTTERY AMPHORA
Ca. 3100-2900 BC.
Early Bronze Age, Ca. 3100-2900 BC
A Holy Land storage vessel with a spherical body and two ledge handles. The vessel has a wide, slightly out-turned mouth, decorated below with a band of prick dots. Two prominent ledge handles, gently crimped appearance to the edges, are situated at the waist. Standing on a flat base.
For similar see: Cf. Ruth Amiran, Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land.
Size: L:149mm / W:135mm ; 390g
Provenance: Ex High Wycome Estate Collection, Ex German Gallery, Ex Private gallery Mist H.S from Den Bosch Collected between 1969 - 1990
Estimate: GBP 200 - 400