A large Anatolian pottery vessel, circa 2nd Millennium B.C., the rounded vessel tapering to the base and neck, with a flaring mouth, the red burnished ground decorated with black painted decoration composed of birds and cross-hatching around the shoulder, bands of zigzag and further birds around the body, 68cm high Provenance: Private UK collection; French private collection of Mrs A. acquired circa 1980. Literature: For a similar storage jar, cf. A. Çilingiroğlu, 'The Second Millennium Painted Pottery Tradition of the Van Lake Basin' in Anatolian Studies, vol. 34, 1984, pp. 129-139. Please refer to department for condition report

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