**Originally Listed At $1000**

Ancient Near East/Asia Minor, Anatolia, Yortan culture, Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2700 to 2400 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery jug with a spherical body with a tapered shoulder, a squat neck with a tall, beaked spout, and an arching ring handle. The blackware surface is burnished with and lustrous in some areas. Ancient Western Anatolia is famous for a number of large ruins, most notably Troy (Hisarlik), but many mysteries remain. The Yortan culture is known through a burial site in the valley of Bakir Cai that has not been well-studied. Adults and children were buried, crouched, in large terracotta storage containers; around them were placed a great deal of pottery in the form of jugs, jars, and occasionally bowls, much of it blackware just like this piece. Size: 7" Diameter x 10.5" H (17.8 cm x 26.7 cm)

Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010

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#177302

Repaired and restored from several large pieces, with areas of infill along fissures. Hairline breaks visible on body and on flared spout. Chips and pitting throughout. Light mineral deposits and old inventory number on base.