256 - Late Hittite Shoe-Shaped Vessel. 2nd millennium B.C. Hollow-formed shoe-shaped jug with rolled rim to the ankle, tab with hole for thong and stopper; welt-line to upper face and around sole. Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, object number: 67.182.2; Various, Land of Civilizations, Turkey, Osaka, 1985, cat.97. 585 grams, 23 cm (9 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

Late Hittite Shoe-Shaped Vessel. 2nd millennium B.C. Hollow-formed shoe-shaped jug with rolled rim to the ankle, tab with hole for thong and stopper; welt-line to upper face and around sole. Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, object number: 67.182.2; Various, Land of Civilizations, Turkey, Osaka, 1985, cat.97. 585 grams, 23 cm (9 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Private collection, acquired on the German art market in 1993; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.13226-249313. These upturned shoes are characteristic of the entire Hittite era. They are attested until the Late Hittite age. This kind of footwear appears later in the Aegean area, probably due to the influence of Anatolian fashion on Bronze Age Greek culture. It may have been the case that the Akkiyawa (Achaeans) living on the western coast of Anatolia adopted such items (as many others) from the Anatolian Indo-Europeans and exported them to the Greek lands, with the first examples attested in Greece only around the 14th century BC. TimeLine Auctions follows a rigorous vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists. See our website for more information.