Légende

Fragment of a bowl, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop, painted pottery with geometric motifs, fragment of a bowl wall with a preserved thin rim edge and a transition to a flat, bottom. Before firing, the decoration consisting of geometric motifs was painted with ferrous clay on both sides of the bowl, over a layer of dry, very smoothed glaze. After firing, the painted decoration ranged in color from red to dark brown, while the background is shiny and cream-colored. The geometric motifs on the interior consist of groups of horizontal continuous and dotted lines, alternating with double lines, on which are placed small, elongated ovals. On the outer side, the decoration is a striped composition consisting of groups of several parallel diagonal lines inclined alternately to the left and to the right, and alternating triangular fields where the diagonal lines meet. Ca. 6500–ca. 5500 BC; Halaf culture, Northern Mesopotamia Iraq, Syria, Turkey. Pottery fragment; height 4.6 cm, width 5.6 cm, depth 4.4 cm, weight 12 g., A broken piece of pottery with a curved edge sits on a light gray background; the pottery shard is mostly beige with darker brown and black painted patterns consisting of several horizontal bands of dots and elongated oval shapes, and a thicker black band along one edge; the surface shows wear and small chips, and the shard has slightly uneven, rough edges.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A00_366

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

17.2Mo (1005.5Ko) / 25.5cm x 16.9cm / 3008 x 2000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Fragment bowl unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop painted pottery geometric motifs fragment bowl wall preserved thin rim edge transition flat bottom firing decoration consisting was painted ferrous clay sides layer dry smoothed glaze painted decoration ranged color red dark brown background shiny cream-colored interior consist groups horizontal continuous dotted lines alternating double lines placed small elongated ovals outer side decoration striped composition consisting several parallel diagonal lines inclined alternately left right alternating triangular fields diagonal lines meet Ca 6500–ca 5500 Bc Halaf culture Northern Mesopotamia Iraq Syria Turkey Pottery fragment height 4.6 cm width 5.6 cm depth 4.4 cm weight 12 g broken piece pottery curved edge sits light gray background pottery shard mostly beige darker brown black patterns consisting several horizontal bands dots elongated oval shapes thicker black band edge surface wear small chips shard slightly uneven rough edges.