Bertolami Fine Arts

Auction 85  –  14 December 2020

Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 85

Antiquities

Mo, 14.12.2020, from 3:00 PM CET
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Description

NEAR EASTER EARTHENWARE JUGLET
Tell el-Yahudiyeh, 1600 – 1050 BC
height cm 16

Characteized by a tapered globular body, with short cylindrical neck single applied double-handle. The decoration consistes of incised geometric decoration comprising bands of punctured dots. It is a distinctive ceramic ware of the late Middle Bronze Age / Second Intermediate Period. The ware takes its name from its type site at Tell el-Yahudiyeh in the eastern Nile Delta of ancient Egypt, and is also found in a large number of Levantine and Cypriot sites. Provenance: English private collection, purchased in Tehran from Monouchehr Soleiman Aaron in the 1970s, accompanied by a Polaroid with the word "from Amlash (north of Iran)".

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Price realized 300 GBP
Starting price 130 GBP
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