| Object Number | 71-9-15 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iran |
| Locus | Western or southwestern region (Girairan, Jamshidi area) |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic | Paint |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | This pot has a flaring rim with a badly nibbled edge, a pronounced horizontal ridge at the mid-body, a rounded lower body and a flat base. There is a single vertical handle from just below the rim down to the horizontal ridge. Maximum width is low on the vessel. Decoration in dark brown paint consists of one band along the rim, 2 pairs of horizontal bands around the neck, one pair of bands above the ridge, 3 groups of 8 vertical lines and 1 group of 7 vertical lines between the lowest band and the ridge, and 2 additional bands just below the ridge running under the handle. Handle is framed by vertical bands from rim to ridge of pot and handle itself has horizontal stripes. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Columbia University through Edith Porada, 1971 |
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