VASE Hemispherical in shape, the body is decorated... Lot 30

VASE Hemispherical in shape, the body is decorated with "chaotic" waves, similar to the vase preserved in the Jiroft Museum (fig.1) (Hesari Piran 1384/2005: 11, 9990). This particular decoration demonstrates the theory of an iconography centered on the flood myth, a legacy of the strong interactions between the royal courts of Mesopotamia and Bactria. Chlorite, 14 x 8.7 cm; Diam. 12.4 cm Bactria, 3rd millennium B.C. A Bactrian Chlorite Jar. Hemispherical in shape, the body decorated with "chaotic" waves and similar to the vase kept at the Jiroft Museum (fig.1) (Hesari Piran 1384/2005: 11, 9990). This particular decoration manifests the theory of an iconography centered on the myth of the flood, a legacy of the strong interactions between the royal courts of Mesopotamia and Bactria. Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Provenance Rassla Foundation, Zurich