Lot 1 | A FINELY MODELED GREY POTTERY TRIPOD EWER (GUI) NEOLITHIC PERIOD, ERLITOU CULTURE (2000-1500 BC)
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10 3/4 in., 27.5 cm.
thinly potted, the tall cylindrical body rising to a flared mouth, lightly incised around the sides with a wide register of detached triangles enclosing diagonal stripes between thin bands with similar incised decoration, applied with a thin 'pie-crust' filet along the rim, formed on one end with an upright spout opposite a wide strap handle with flared sides narrowing towards the base, all supported on three slender mammiform legs, the grey pottery with ample traces of white slip
The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of a thermoluminescence test, Oxford Authentication Ltd., no. C102w71.
NOTE
Grey pottery tripod vessels of this form, with a tall mouth and similar incised decoration are extremely rare. Related tripods were made by many different Neolithic cultures, but the present example is remarkable for its size and decoration. A slightly larger red pottery tripod was sold in our London rooms, 14th November 2000, lot 117; and a grey pottery example of related tall cylindrical form but without a handle was sold in these rooms, 1st December 1992, lot 224.
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