Stunning 12th C. Nishapur Pottery Pitcher w/ TL Test

Near East, Persia (Iran and Turkey), Kashan or Nishapur, Medieval Period, ca. 1200 CE. A gorgeous pottery pitcher resting on a ring foot and covered in bright, turquoise blue glaze. The pitcher is mol

Near East / Western Asia, Persia (Iran), Nishapur area, ca. 9th century or slightly later CE. An early example of Nishapur's ground breaking pottery, a pitcher with a white ground and black fine line

Central Asia, central Afghanistan, Jam in Ghur Province, Ghurid Dynasty, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A hand-built pottery pitcher displaying a beautiful and neatly arranged register of concentric cir

Northern Italy, Villanovan culture, ca. 10th to 8th century BCE. Stunning pottery vessel with deep brown slip bulbous base thin neck with flared rim and most strikingly twin spiked (cornuta) handles a

Central Asia, Samanid Empire, likely Nishapur, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. A stunning example of a blue glazed pottery bowl that rests on a ring foot, the walls flaring outward to an annular rim. The

**Originally Listed At $600** Near East, Persia (Iran), Nishapur area, ca. 12th century CE. A beautiful pottery bowl meticulously hand-painted with elaborate, blue-on-white decoration of floral and sc

East Asia, Japan, Jomon Period, ca. 14,000 to 300 BCE, coming with a TL Report showing it was fired/ produced around 4,000 years ago. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form wi

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and slender form exhibiting fine patterning and ancient charm. The vessel presents with a planar base, a c

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE, most likely about 4,500 years old. A sizeable, hand-built terracotta vessel of an elegant form with a flat base, a gently tapering body

Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1300 CE. A gorgeous coil-formed Bell Plain pottery jar boasting a tiered and rounded base, a globular body, and a broad neck that stret

Southeast Asia, Northeastern Thailand, late Ban Chiang culture, ca. 200 CE. An elegant pottery jar of minimalist form comprised of a bulbous body, a corseted neck, and a flared spout. The red clay ext

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 1580 BCE. A charming hand-built pottery effigy of a bird with its wing's outstretched upon a pedestal with a flared base. The bird is simply de

Near East, Persia (Iran), Nishapur area, ca. 12th century CE. A pottery oil lamp in the distinctive Nishapur style, glazed in a beautiful, iridescent pale turquoise. A small handle projects from the t

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A tall orange-hued terracotta vessel with a large flared body resting upon a solid rin

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 750 CE. A mold-formed stirrup vessel featuring a flat base and bulbous body depicting a charming frog, perhaps a toad, with a curious look on its face.

**Originally Listed At $800** Ancient Near East, Amlash, ca. 1400 to 1000 BCE. A robust brownware with a long-spouted pitcher bearing a form resembling a graceful bird with a long beak and a curving n

**First Time At Auction** Near East, Persia (Iran), Nishapur area, ca. late 10th century to early 13th century CE. A splendid pottery bowl presenting conical walls that gently curve inwards to a circu

North Africa to Middle East, Islamic culture, ca. 12th century CE. A wheel-thrown pottery bowl of a sizable form displaying vibrant black and red hues atop the cream ground. The interior of the bowl f

Near East / Western Asia, Persia, Nishapur or Kashan, Islamic culture, ca. late 10th to early 13th century CE. A sumptuous oinochoe of an attractive form hand-built from quartz-based pottery and embel

Medieval Near East/Western Asia, Persia (Iran), Nishapur, ca. 12th century CE. A beautiful pottery bowl featuring a deep basin and convex walls painted with elaborate floral motifs in hues of black an

Near East, Islamic, post-Sasanian to Abbasid period, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A marvelous and quite massive pottery jar of rare form, intricately hand-painted in scrolling, floral, and geometric patterns a

Southeast Asia, Cambodia or Northern Thailand, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A refined pottery vase boasting an elegant silhouette with a broad, flared rim, a slender, cy

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A wonderful pottery trumpet with an anthropomorphic figure forming the bell. The trumpet is hand built from a red terracotta and painted with

Pre-Columbian, Central/North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 600 CE. A handsome, mold-made figural stirrup vessel in the form of an owl with a well-executed minimalist motif painted in alterna