1063 - Seven prehistoric and protohistoric pottery pieces from various periods, 3rd millennium B.C. – 2nd century A.D.

Seven prehistoric and protohistoric pottery pieces from various periods, 3rd millennium B.C. – 2nd century A.D. 1) Pot with a lens-shaped body and a rim flaring outward at an angle. Middle Bronze Age of the northeastern Fertile Crescent. The base is round, without a flat bottom. Several horizontal zones of decoration. The upper half features net-like hatching, while the lower section has wavy bands. Intact. Diameter 14 cm. Height 9 cm. 2) Three-legged sacrificial vessel made of light-colored clay, Eastern Mediterranean, first half of the 1st millennium B.C. Tub-shaped container with a rounded and straight end, resting on three vertical legs with outward-flaring ends. Intact. Length 12.5 cm. Height 4.5 cm. 3) Small pot with a flat, lens-shaped body. Round base without a flat bottom. Distinct, sharp break between the slightly curved belly and the slightly curved shoulder. Short, vertical rim with two round-barred loop handles. The shoulder is painted with two wide red stripes that run from the break on one side across the loop handles to the break on the opposite side. In between are faded black linear patterns. Iron Age of the northeastern Fertile Crescent. First half of the 1st millennium BCE. Intact. Diameter 11 cm. Height 5.5 cm. 4) Head of a woman wearing a polo. Fragment of a clay figurine. Greek Classical period. 4th century BCE. Preserved height 8 cm. 5) Hellenistic clay figurine of a dove. Intact. Length 9 cm. 6) Roman oil lamp with the stamp “STROBOLI” on the base. Second half of the 1st century CE. Intact. Length 10 cm. 7) Roman oil lamp from the 2nd century CE. Depiction of a triton on the mirror. Two rows of small knobs around the exterior. Intact. Length 10.5 cm. 8) Provincial Roman spherical pot with a rim flaring outward at an angle and a loop handle. Light-colored ground with dark brown painting. 3rd century A.D. Intact. Diameter 9.5 cm. Height 8.5 cm. CULTURAL HERITAGE! Provenance: Private collection in Munich (estate). Acquired by the mother’s late partner from the South German art market between the 1980s and the beginning of this millennium. Some of the objects were purchased from Galerie Puhze (No. 2 on November 6, 2014, previously in the collection of H.W. Berlin, acquired between 1978 and 1992; No. 8 on October 24, 2013) Condition: II +