AN AMLASH TERRACOTTA ZOOMORPHIC VESSEL
Presumably Amlash culture, Iran, circa 1000 BC. The hollow pouring vessel shaped as a wildcat, the face with wide open mouth forming the spout, with four small bended legs to the sides and a handle to the top.

Condition: Traces of wear consistent with age and use, losses to the handle and two legs as well as few tiny chips to exposed areas.
Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.

Weight: 965 g
Dimensions: Length 24 cm, Height 17 cm