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Ancient Pottery~

Ancient Pottery For Sale

Pottery accounts for a large part of the archaeological record of ancient civilisations. It is believed that the earliest pottery wares were hand-built and fired in bonfires. The earliest known ceramic objects are Gravettian figurines such as those discovered at Dolni Vestonice in the modern day Czech Republic. These Venus figurines of a nude female figure date to 29,000 - 25,000 B.C.

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Bronze Age Pottery~Bronze Age~~~7152~7159~~

Bronze Age Pottery |

Greek Pottery~Greek~~~7152~7160~~

Greek Pottery |

Roman Pottery~Roman~~~7152~7161~~

Roman Pottery |

Byzantine Pottery~Byzantine~~~7152~7162~~

Byzantine Pottery |

Islamic Pottery~Islamic~~~7152~7163~~

Islamic Pottery |

Pre-Columbian Pottery~Pre-Columbian~~~7152~7170~~

Pre-Columbian Pottery |

Medieval Pottery~Medieval~~~7152~7171~~

Medieval Pottery |

Post Medieval Pottery~Post Medieval~~~7152~7173~~

Post Medieval Pottery |

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Featured Ancient Pottery:

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Indus Valley 'Cat God' Bronze Age Head. Terracotta, 115 grams; 64.84 mm. Circa 2400 B.C. The round face of a cat, it has a frowned mouth with a protruding tongue and whiskers, a pig like snout and a centre-parted haircut. It has a concave reverse so it was probably once the centre piece of an elaborate vessel. Very Fine condition.

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Amphora 004590~

Large Bronze Age 'Holy Land' Amphora. Clay, 4.02 Kg, 21.1 Inch. Circa 2000 B.C. Used for the storage of oil or wine. It was manufactured in a red/brown dish to buff the clay. It is ovoid in shape with a cylindrical neck. Two looped handles sit on the lower shoulders of the piece, which shows some decoration. This item is from the Canaanite period, which was notoriously commercial for the transport of wine and oil to Egypt and Mycenae. Complete and undamaged. Very large and in Extremely Fine condition.

Large Bronze Age 'Holy Land' Wine Amphora

Clay, 4.02 Kg, 21.1 Inch. Circa 2000 B.C. Used for the storage of oil or wine. It was manufactured in a red/brown dish to buff the clay. It is ovoid in shape with a cylindrical neck. Two looped handles sit on the lower shoulders of the piece, which shows some decoration. This item is from the Canaanite Period, which was notoriously commercial for the transport of wine and oil to Egypt and Mycenae. Complete and undamaged. Very large and in Extremely Fine condition.

Canaan is an ancient term for a region roughly corresponding to present-day Israel/Palestine including the West Bank, western Jordan, southern and coastal Syria and Lebanon continuing up to the border of modern Turkey. Various Canaanite sites have been excavated by archaeologists, most notably the Canaanite town of Ugarit, which was rediscovered in 1928. Much of our modern knowledge about the Canaanites stems from excavation in this area. Canaanite religion was the group of belief systems utilised by the people living in the ancient Levant throughout the Bronze Age and Iron Age. They were influenced strongly by Mesopotamian religious practices, Canaanite religious beliefs were polytheistic, with families typically focusing worship on household gods while acknowledging the existence of other deities such as Baal and El. Kings were also revered as gods.

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Indus Jar 003550~

Indus Storage Jar

Bronze Age 'Indus' Storage Jar. Clay, 190 grams; 95.64 x 72.88 mm. Circa 1,900 - 2,500 B.C. A nice sized jar fully decorated with a wonderful geometric design with almost all of the original paint still remaining. Partially cleaned and in excellent condition with some calcite deposits still remaining. From an old London collection.

~Indus Jar 003550|21576|~7152~13198~~

Brussels Tile 008043~

Brussels 'Floral' Mombaert Floor Tile. Glazed Pottery, 1390 grams, 204.41 mm. Circa 1780 A.D. A very large tile from the floor of a high status dwelling, this would have been one of a series of tiles making a bigger picture. This example has a group of three flowers tied in a large bow with smaller flowers around them. A stunning example of Mombaert type pottery made only in Brussels Circa 1780 A.D. Very Fine condition and Rare.

Brussels 'Floral' Mombaert Floor Tile

Glazed Pottery, 1390 grams, 204.41 mm. Circa 1780 A.D. A very large tile from the floor of a high status dwelling, this would have been one of a series of tiles making a bigger picture. This example has a group of three flowers tied in a large bow with smaller flowers around them. A stunning example of Mombaert type pottery made only in Brussels Circa 1780 A.D. Very Fine condition and Rare.

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Ancient Pottery~

How Pottery Evolved

The invention of the potter's wheel in Mesopotamia sometime between 6,000 and 4,000 B.C. revolutionised pottery production. Specialised potters were then able to meet the expanding needs of the world's first cities. Pottery was in use in ancient India during the Mehrgarh Period II (5500 - 4800 B.C.) and Merhgarh Period III (4800 - 3500 B.C.), known as the ceramic Neolithic and chalcolithic. Pottery, including items known as the ed-Dur vessels, originated in regions of the Indus valley and has been found in a number of sites in the Indus valley civilization.

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