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Cypriot Spouted Juglet Painting LB 1550- 1200 BC Rare
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Pre AD 1000 item# 367934
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Very Rare Cypriot Spouted Juglet, with paintings, well referenced by Ruth Amiran. This is Hand Made not on a potters wheel with thin wall construction. This exquisite Cypriot Spouted Juglet was imported to Canaan during the late bronze age 1550 -1200 BC. This was a time of very intensive trade in the Mediterranean especially during late bronze age, Cyprus, Egypt, Greek and ancient Canaan. A truly lovely artifact H 90mm x W 110 (including handle and spout) Intact unrestored and fantastic.
Reference : Ruth Amiran "Page 178, Artifact 13" and others, Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land.
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Extremely Rare Tell el-Yehudiyeh Ware Jug Holy Land
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Pre AD 1000 item# 377322
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Tell el-Yehudiyeh Ware (also spelt Tell el-Yehudiyah or Tell el-Yahudiyeh, often abbreviated TEY) is a distinctive ceramic ware of the late Middle Bronze Age / Second Intermediate Period. The ware takes its name from its type site at Tell el-Yehudiyeh in the eastern Nile Delta of Egypt, and is also found in a large number of Levantine and Cypriot sites. It was first recognised as a distinctive ware by Flinders Petrie during his excavation of the type site.
The ware first appears in strata dating to the MBIIA period, reaching the peak of its popularity in the MBIIB-C periods when it is encountered very frequently in contemporaneous Canaanite and Delta sites. The last vestigial expressions of this ware die out during the LBI period.
Fabric and technique: The clay used in Tell el-Yehudiyeh Ware is normally grey or light-brown in colour, with numerous gritty inclusions.
Decoration: Tell el-Yehudiyeh Ware is characterised by its distinctive mode of decoration, applied after slipping and burnishing, and created by repeatedly "pricking" the surface of the vessel with a small sharp object to create a large variety of geometric designs ('puncturing' according to some writers - not a completely accurate description of the process, as it appears to have been the potters' intention not to 'puncture' or 'pierce' the vessel wall, but merely to make a series of small impressions or dents). These designs appear in the form of lines, stripes, triangles, squares and - very occasionally - circles. Vessels of Tell el-Yeduiyeh Ware frequently have a dark surface (the burnished slip varying from brownish-black, to grey, to yellowish), the multiple holes often being filled with chalk or lime, the contrasting white material making the surface design even more dramatic.
Morphology: Tell el-Yehudiyeh Ware is primarily seen in the form of juglets, but also includes a large variety of zoomorphic (animal-shaped) vessels and even some shaped like fruit.
Distribution: Well-represented in the Nile Valley up into Nubia (though primarily in the eastern Nile Delta of Egypt), the southern portion of Canaan, the north coast of Canaan, the Phoenician and Syrian coasts and the island of Cyprus (primarily the eastern regions). Not presently found in inland Syria.
Discussion / significance: Tell el-Yehudiyeh Ware forms a very useful diagnostic indicator for the MBIIB-C period especially. Many ceramicists see the form of the Tell el-Yehudiyeh juglet as being firmly grounded in earlier Canaanite ceramic traditions, able to be traced back to earlier prototypes such as the juglets from Tomb A at Jericho [Amiran 1970:120].
Bibliography: Amiran, Ruth, Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Rutgers University Press, 1970
~~ A superb and extremely rare example of this well documented pottery style. Intact and unrestored, superb condition a really lovely piece. Size: 125mm x 105mm
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