Lot 686
Handsome Deep Bowl Engraved with Palm Motifs. Southern Iran or Gulf Region, c. 2600-2500 BC. The cylindrical bowl fashioned from a dark gray-green stone, chlorite. Carved with vertical straight walls and slightly rounded base, the exterior sculpted in low relief with three similar stylized date palms, evenly spaced around the walls. Dish intact, and virtually pristine. Height: 2-1/4"; Diameter: 3-1/4". Elegant early art!
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
Chlorite vessels of the "Intercultural Style," ca. 2600#2250 B.C. are characterized by decoration of the entire surface with abstract patterns, or stylized vegetal and architectural motifs, or naturalistic representations of animals humans, or composite fantastic beings or creatures. Made in southern Iran and the greater Gulf region, these vessels were traded widely across the Near East from Syria to the Indus Valley. Vessels of this sort have been appearing in Sotheby sales over the past decade, and valued at many thousands of dollars.
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