Caption

Bottle-type idol base, unknown Luristan workshop. Bottle-shaped base with a long, narrow neck terminating in an upturned, slightly convex spout. Halfway up, a convex cylinder with an engraved zigzag line encircles the neck. Engraved decoration of horizontal bands of line motifs—diagonal crosses, chevrons, hatched triangles—on the central part of the neck and at the lower edge of the base. The base is open at the bottom and hollow inside; a sleeve-shaped hole passes through the neck to allow mounting of a pin with an idol figurine. Geometric ornaments; bottle base. Iron Age II, 8th–7th century BC. Luristan, Iran. Base; height 7.5 cm, width 2.8 cm., A single sculpted object resembling a bottle or small vessel stands upright against a plain grey background; the object has a wide rounded base that tapers into a narrower neck topped by a flattened, mushroom-like rim and a pronounced collar around the midneck. The surface appears rough and textured with visible pitting and irregularities, and there are shallow incised decorative bands and crisscross patterns around the neck and near the base. The visible colors are shades of brown and tan with subtle variations and highlights giving a metallic or earthy sheen, and the background is grey.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_225

License type

Rights managed

Available size

19.6Mb (1.2Mb) / 6.4in x 11.9in / 1913 x 3575 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle-type idol base unknown Luristan workshop Bottle-shaped base long narrow neck terminating upturned slightly convex spout Halfway up convex cylinder engraved zigzag line encircles Engraved decoration horizontal bands line motifs diagonal crosses chevrons hatched triangles on central part lower edge base open bottom hollow inside sleeve-shaped hole passes allow mounting pin idol figurine Geometric ornaments bottle base Iron Age II 8th–7th century BC Luristan Iran Base height 7.5 cm width 2.8 cm single sculpted object resembling bottle small vessel stands upright plain grey background object wide rounded tapers narrower topped flattened mushroom- rim pronounced collar midneck surface rough textured visible pitting irregularities shallow incised decorative bands crisscross patterns near visible colors shades brown tan subtle variations highlights giving metallic earthy sheen background grey.