Three Latest Pottery Pickups

Hey, Bob. Happy new year.

Well, the coin collecting has been on pause for a year now. It's not that I don't want to pick up more coins, but my primary focus of late has been to build up the weaponry and pottery collections since they are my newer focuses. The pottery collection, in particular, is in its infancy. I want to build it up steadily in the coming years - assuming I work out the storage situation. I have been reducing my Parthian coin collection for a few years now, to raise funds for collecting more of the artifacts. But I am still on the lookout for a specific Parthian type that I am particularly fond of (it rarely comes to market), and am always looking at coins from Elymais that show up in sales. I'll be tossing in bids from time to time. I think that once the artifacts collections are further developed, my purchases at that point will be more evenly spread out between them and coinage. In the meantime, I'm enjoying coin collecting vicariously through Novicius, Palouche, and others here.

Thanks for the question.

Very cool piece Bob.

Very nice piece Bob!
Always look forward too seeing your new additions.
Amazing how the other handle stayed attached.

Thanks, all!




TC, it would seem that much of the Etruscan "bucchero ware" was undecorated. The kantharos I picked up is a standardized type, without decoration. Here's an example from Princeton's art museum, of what it would look like if complete:
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/col...bjects/19152

This is actually my second Etruscan piece. The first I've posted here before. It's this one:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ga...Bucherro.jpg

These are rather refined and elegant pieces, with strict symmetry and pleasing proportions. However, while I do like these and am happy to have them in my collection, I really have a fondness for the quirkier and sometimes awkwardly formed Iranian pieces from much earlier.

Thanks, Jim!

Thought I'd toss in another update to this thread. Today I received my third ex-Arthur M. Sackler Collection vessel. It's from NW Iran and dates to Iron Age I, meaning late second millennium BC through early first millennium BC. It measures 9 1/2" (24.13 cm) tall. It's pretty austere, definitely an example of form following function. It is unglazed and has a simple shape reflecting its function as a jug. It's got a rim chip with a big gap where a sherd has gone missing.

I would assume so, Dave - although, of course, it may well have held milk or any other liquids in its day.

Thanks, Ron.