Caption

Fragment of a bowl, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop, checkerboards, geometric motifs, painted pottery, bowls, Near Eastern pottery, Eastern Gaulish Scenery. Fragment of a bowl wall with a preserved thin rim. Before firing, the decoration, consisting of geometric motifs, was painted with ferrous clay on both sides of the bowl, over a layer of dried, heavily smoothed glaze. After firing, the painted motifs are red, while the background is cream on the outside and light brown on the inside. The outer decoration is a banded composition composed from top to bottom of a wide horizontal band, below which are alternating rows of single dots and two continuous, thin lines. Below this, a single thin line with superimposed irregular ovals remains. On the inner side, the entire surface is covered with a fine red checkered motif. c. 6500–c. 5500 BC; Halaf culture c. 5200–c. 4500 BC earlier dating, Northern Mesopotamia Iraq, Syria, Turkey. Pottery fragment; height 4.7 cm, width 4.6 cm, depth 0.5 cm, weight 10 g., A broken ceramic shard with a rough texture featuring bands and dotted patterns in reddish-brown on a light tan background, with areas of worn reddish-brown paint and patches where the tan clay shows through, set against a neutral gray backdrop.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A00_371

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32.2Mb (1.0Mb) / 11.2in x 11.2in / 3353 x 3353 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment bowl unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop checkerboards geometric motifs painted pottery bowls Near Eastern pottery Eastern Gaulish Scenery bowl wall preserved thin rim firing decoration consisting was painted ferrous clay sides layer dried heavily smoothed glaze painted motifs red background cream outside light brown inside outer decoration banded composition composed top bottom wide horizontal band alternating rows single dots two continuous thin lines single thin line superimposed irregular ovals remains inner side entire surface covered fine red checkered motif c 6500–c 5500 Bc Halaf culture c 5200–c 4500 BC earlier dating Northern Mesopotamia Iraq Syria Turkey Pottery fragment height 4.7 cm width 4.6 cm depth 0.5 cm weight 10 g broken ceramic shard rough texture featuring bands dotted patterns reddish-brown light tan areas worn reddish-brown paint patches tan clay set neutral gray backdrop.