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An Iron Age Jug, Western Iran 1st millennium BCE A ceramic biconical jug with flared base, funicular neck and flange rim, strap handle to the rear. Band of pellet ornament to the shoulder with lozenge and rosette motif, pairs of fishes, radiating lines to the upper shoulder, raised ribs to the rim, ibex mask to the handle. Incised quatrefoils to the underside. This vessel belongs to the ceramic tradition of the Luristan region in the central Zagros Mountains of western Iran, a culturally rich area active during the Early to Middle Iron Age (ca. 1000–600 BCE). The ibex, represented here on the handle, was a powerful regional symbol associated with fertility, mountain deities, and pastoral life. H215 D160mm Provenance Ex North London Gentle,an, formerly with a Mayfair Gallery in the 1980s