ELAMITE CHLORITE VESSEL WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. 2 5/8 in. (157 grams, 68 mm high). Spool-shaped with a flared rim and splayed foot, the upper body carved with a frieze of combed triangles, two plain bands to the equator, guilloche below. PROVENANCE: Ex Robin Symes Ancient Art, pre 1999, inventory no.44. LITERATURE: Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 74.51.5026, for similar triangles; 17.190.106 for a vessel of similar form; cf. the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number AC1995.5.7, for similar guilloche. CONDITION
ELAMITE CHLORITE VESSEL WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. 2 5/8 in. (157 grams, 68 mm high). Spool-shaped with a flared rim and splayed foot, the upper body carved with a frieze of combed triangles, two plain bands to the equator, guilloche below. PROVENANCE: Ex Robin Symes Ancient Art, pre 1999, inventory no.44. LITERATURE: Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 74.51.5026, for similar triangles; 17.190.106 for a vessel of similar form; cf. the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number AC1995.5.7, for similar guilloche. CONDITION
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