Blue-glazed vase with two handles decorated with zigzag pattern
Clay. Syria. 2nd century A.D. Height 30.2 cm., rim diameter 10 cm.
Private collection, Osaka. This is a rather tall vase with an elongated neck.
Both the inside and outside are covered with blue glaze. The rim is turned
slightly outward. Several shallow horizontal decorative lines are incised on the
upper and lower sections of the neck. The shoulder is decorated with vertical
and horizontal incised lines, and decorative zigzag patterns made with a
potter's tool are below them on the shoulder. Furthermore, a clay band
surrounding the body is decorated with a chain of finger-pressed egg-shaped
patterns. Vertical grooves surround the body below the band. The handles are
very straight and plain, shaped like two sticks joined together. There are one
or two decorative rivet-heads at the top and base of each handle. In addition,
there are four rivet-like decorations and incised herringbone patterns below the
base of the handles. There are tripod marks on the rim and base.
- Shinji Fukai, Ceramics of Ancient Persia (New York: Weatherhill, 1981),
plate 81
- Photo by Bin Takahashi
 Handle-side
view
- Shinji Fukai, Ceramics of Ancient Persia (New York: Weatherhill, 1981),
figure 34 |
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