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sherd

Sherd. Culture: Halaf. Dimensions: 2.83 x 1.65 in. (7.19 x 4.19 cm). Date: ca. 5600-5000 B.C.. Halaf pottery was made by hand and decorated with very finely executed designs in one or two colors. The surface of the finest pottery was then highly burnished and a glossy effect was achieved by the use of fluxes, which serve to lower the melting point of the pigments, in some cases accidentally achieving true glazes. This fragment of a thin walled vessel has the exterior painted with light and dark brown decoration consisting of a stylized bird in profile with back arched, a long neck, and a large circular head. A vertical zigzag pattern on the left and a dark brown band partly frame the bird. The rim edge has a horizontal band with vertical stripes.
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Title: sherd
Caption: Sherd. Culture: Halaf. Dimensions: 2.83 x 1.65 in. (7.19 x 4.19 cm). Date: ca. 5600-5000 B.C.. Halaf pottery was made by hand and decorated with very finely executed designs in one or two colors. The surface of the finest pottery was then highly burnished and a glossy effect was achieved by the use of fluxes, which serve to lower the melting point of the pigments, in some cases accidentally achieving true glazes. This fragment of a thin walled vessel has the exterior painted with light and dark brown decoration consisting of a stylized bird in profile with back arched, a long neck, and a large circular head. A vertical zigzag pattern on the left and a dark brown band partly frame the bird. The rim edge has a horizontal band with vertical stripes.
Technique/material: Ceramic, paint
Period: Halaf
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 3335 × 4170 px | 39.8 MB
Print size: 28.2 × 35.3 cm | 1313.0 × 1641.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART • ASIA • CERAMIC, PAINT • CERAMICS • CERAMICS-VESSELS • FRAGMENTS • HALAF • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • SHERDS • SYRIA • SYRIA, TELL BRAK • TELL BRAK • VESSELS