Légende

Fragment of a bowl, unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop; painted pottery with geometric ornaments; bucranium ornament; upper fragment of the bowl wall with preserved rim and geometric decoration painted on both sides. Outer side: two parallel red bands of different widths separated by an empty stripe on a cream-colored background. Inner side: in a band bounded by horizontal lines, two highly schematic, linearly stylized bucraniums bull heads with horns, arranged base to base. Narrow rim decorated with painted, irregularly rounded triangles with bases on the outer edge. Painted decoration applied before firing from carefully polished ferrous clay onto a dry, very smooth layer of glaze; after firing the paint ranges from red to dark brown, background glossy cream-colored. Ca. 6500–ca. 5500 BC; Halaf culture, Northern Mesopotamia Iraq/Syria/Turkey; pottery fragment; weight 16 g., A broken pottery sherd with a curved rim is shown on a light gray background; the sherd displays a banded surface with a dark brown outer edge, a lighter brown band below it, a broad beige central area, and a narrower reddish-brown band near the broken bottom edge, with some small surface chips and speckles visible.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A00_369

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

17.2Mo (985.2Ko) / 25.5cm x 16.9cm / 3008 x 2000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Fragment bowl unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop painted pottery geometric ornaments bucranium ornament upper fragment bowl wall preserved rim geometric decoration painted sides Outer side two parallel red bands different widths separated empty stripe cream-colored background Inner side band bounded horizontal lines two highly schematic linearly stylized bucraniums bull heads horns arranged base base Narrow rim decorated painted irregularly rounded triangles bases outer edge Painted decoration applied firing carefully polished ferrous clay dry smooth layer glaze paint ranges dark brown background glossy cream-colored Ca 6500–ca 5500 Bc Halaf culture Northern Mesopotamia Iraq Syria Turkey pottery fragment weight 16 g broken pottery sherd curved rim shown light gray background sherd displays banded surface dark brown outer edge lighter brown band broad beige central area narrower reddish-brown band near broken bottom edge small surface chips speckles visible.