Early Native American

A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C


A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C
A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C
A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C
A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C
A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C

A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C    A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C
A GOOD-SIZED SUMERIAN GREYWARE JAR, Ur III (Third Dynasty of Ur), late 3rd Millennium B. Fine dark grey clay, wheel-made globular body with a rounded base that tapers at the neck before terminating in short flared rim with two hand-modelled pierced lug-handles on each side of the shoulder. British Museum 1935.0113.753 (shard only).

An attractive, fully developed example of a form existing in the Early Dynastic III and Akkadian periods, although the lug-handles are singular, and it had not yet reached this level of refinement. Very Rare in this condition Intact, with some scattered areas of surface deposits. Pottery of Sumer is very elusive. EX Medusa Ancient Art, Montréal > Dalen Bayes collection, Washington.


A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C    A VERY RARE SUMERIAN STONE VESSEL, Sumer, Early Dynastic II, 27th Century B. C